HC Deb 09 March 1989 vol 148 cc649-50W
Mrs. Clwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what capital allocations to housing associations Housing for Wales will make for(a) new building and (b) renovation in 1989; and what capital allocations are planned for 1990 and 1991.

Mr. Grist

[holding answer 8 March 1989]: It will not be possible to say how much of the £72 million available to Housing for Wales will be allocated to associations until the value of projected schemes is known. However, Housing for Wales plans to allocate funds in 1989–90 for 1,600 new build and 800 rehabilitation projects. No decisions have yet been made about the ratio of new build to rehabilitation for 1990–91.

Mrs. Clwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what capital allocations were made by the House Corporation to housing associations in the valleys for:(a) new building and (b) renovation in each year since 1979.

Mr. Grist

[holding answer 8 March 1989]: This information for the financial years prior to 1984–85 is not held centrally. Allocations in the approved development programme from 1984–85 for new projects were as follows:

£000
Year New build Rehabilitation
1984–85 3,500 10,300
1985–86 4,655 7,350
1986–87 7,409 6,729
1987–88 8,448 9,360
1988–89 19,240 10,536

Mrs. Clywd

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what capital allocations have been made in each year since their inception to the Welsh priority estates; how much is planned for 1989, 1990 and 1991; and from which budget or funds these allocations have been made.

Mr. Grist

[holding answer 8 March 1989]: The capital allocations which have been made for Welsh priority estates projects since the inception of the programme are as follows:

Year £ million
1984–85 1.3
1985–86 1.2
1986–87 2.8

Year £ million
1987–88 5.2
1988–89 7.6
1989–90 8.0

Decisions on the level of PEP allocations for 1990–91 have not yet been taken.

PEP capital allocations, as with all other capital allocations for local authority housing services, form part of the overall capital resource made available to local authorities in Wales. Decisions on the level and distribution for 1989–90 were announced by my right hon. Friend on 23 November 1988 at column 6.