HC Deb 18 April 1988 vol 131 cc302-4W
Mr. Fatchett

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list at 1988–89 prices his Department's(a) gross provision and (b) net provision for the Housing Corporation's approved development programme (i) to provide homes for rent, under conventional funding, (ii) to provide homes for rent, under mixed funding arrangements and (iii) to provide homes for sale; and if he will give this information for each year since 1978–79, together with an estimate for 1988–89.

Mr. Waldegrave

The available information is as follows:

Housing Corporation Approved Development Programme
Provision £ million 1988–89 prices
Net Gross Of which provision

for homes:
(a) (b) 1(i) rent 2(ii) rent (iii) sale
1978–79 686 693 — — —
1979–80 719 726 — — —
1980–81 757 775 — — —
1981–82 684 726 667 — 59
1982–83 884 984 839 — 145
1983–84 775 927 758 — 169
1984–85 735 818 689 — 129
1985–86 687 775 645 — 130
1986–87 637 746 631 — 115
1987–88 666 737 605 35 97
1988–89 655 737 620 39 78
1 Conventional funding.
2 Mixed funding.

Local authorities' housing investment programme capital allocations1
£ millions 1988–89 prices
Region2 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89
North 348 270 237 162 189 138 127 103 88 77 68
North West 654 510 477 365 441 348 319 259 213 194 148
Yorkshire and Humberside 429 330 291 235 279 212 193 157 132 118 102
West Midlands 548 379 333 238 266 221 215 184 161 141 119
East Midlands 400 245 199 172 199 145 132 108 91 82 61
East Anglia 131 88 73 66 85 69 70 59 47 44 34
South West 268 191 163 144 180 131 132 112 110 87 72
1 For 1978–79 and 1979–80 figures are the total of HIP blocks 1, 2 and 3, including energy conservation and thermal insulation allocations. From 1980–81 figures are the initial allocations comprising basic allocations and homes insulation scheme allocations. For 1982–83 only, additional retrospective allocations are included.
2 Regions used are standard statistical regions.

Mr. Fatchett

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list at 1988–89 prices his Department's initial housing investment programme allocations(a) to English local authorities, (b) to local authorities in Greater London, (c) to metropolitan authorities outside London, (d) to non-metropolitan

Local authorities' housing investment programme allocations: England
£ millions: 1988–89 prices
1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89
London boroughs and GLC 1,785 1,356 1,177 768 820 667 648 542 469 405 372
Metropolitan districts 1,339 992 909 648 783 625 579 478 407 359 300
Non-metropolitan districts in South East 702 517 420 350 389 308 308 264 228 199 150
Other non-metropolitan districts 1,439 1,027 864 735 856 639 610 504 435 383 305
Total 5,266 3,892 3,370 2,501 2,848 2,238 2,145 1,788 1,539 1,347 1,127

Notes:

1979–80 figures arc the totals of HIP blocks 1. 2 and 3, including energy conservation and thermal insulation allocations. From 1981–82, figures are the initial allocations comprising basic allocations and homes insulation scheme allocations.

South East is the standard region comprising the authorities in the Department of the Environment administrative Eastern (excluding East Anglia) and South Eastern regions.

Note:

Prior to the introduction of the Approved Development Programme in 1981–82 the figures show total grants and loans on housing association schemes sponsored by the Housing Corporation.