§ Mr. MurphyTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will breakdown, under expenditure sub-heads, the £400 million for housing which he recently announced for the south Wales valleys;
(2) if he will indicate the basis on which his housing renovation grants in the recently announced valleys initiative will be made; and what percentage of these grants will have to be met by those applying for such grants.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsIn the three years of the programme for the valleys we expect to see some £457 million spent on housing. Broadly we expect this expenditure to be as follows:
£ million Private sector renovation 107 Area-based renovation (enveloping and block schemes) 50 New build 300 The funding for private sector renovation will be made available by way of the allocation we make to housing authorities, supported with additional allocations for block schemes and enveloping. Grants made by local authorities to individual home owners are generally made at the rate of 75 per cent. of the cost of eligible works, but can be at 90 per cent. in cases of financial hardship. No contribution is sought from home owners for enveloping schemes.
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Table 1—Tenure type 000s 1987–88 1988–89 Owner-occupiers (rate rebates) 2,336 1,645 Public sector tenants (rent rebates) 3,761 3,430 Private sector tenants (rent allowance) 1,250 1,055