§ Mr. SoleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on(a) the number of properties on which short-term leases had been entered into, (b) the number of empty housing association properties that had been repaired and (c) the number of properties that had been purchased as at 31 December 1990 under the single homeless initiative announced by the Minister for Housing in June 1990; and how many single homeless people have been assisted as a result.
§ Sir George Young[holding answer 27 February 1991]: No transactions had been completed by December 31 1990, but for rough sleepers or those who would otherwise be sleeping rough, 70 private sector leasing places are now available, with a total of 500 expected by the end of March. The Housing Corporation has approved expenditure of £3.3 million to provide 220 places in repaired housing association properties; £7 million has been allocated to provide 200 places in purchased properties. These figures exclude the 586 extra places in direct access hostels approved for funding under the initiative.
£ billion United Kingdom crude trade balance1 in engineering2 Federal Republic of Germany's crude trade balance in engineering Exports to the world Imports from the world Trade balance Exports to the world Imports from the world Trade balance 1979 9.8 7.4 +2.4 23.3 9.2 +14.1 1980 11.5 7.7 +3.7 22.8 9.9 +12.9 1981 11.9 8.9 +3.0 23.1 9.9 +13.2 1982 13.0 10.9 +2.1 26.7 11.1 +15.7 1983 12.9 13.3 -0.4 29.3 13.4 +15.9 1984 15.5 16.4 -0.9 33.4 16.1 +17.4 1985 18.0 18.4 -0.4 38.7 18.6 +20.1 1986 18.3 19.4 -1.1 48.1 22.8 +25.3 1987 20.2 22.3 -2.1 51.7 25.4 +26.3 1988 22.9 26.2 -3.3 52.1 26.8 +25.3 1989 26.7 30.4 -3.7 59.5 33.2 +26.3 1990 29.6 30.5 -0.9 3— 3— 3— 1 The crude trade balance is exports (FOB) less imports (CIF). 2 SITC divisions 71 to 77. 3 Not available. Source: United Kingdom data from OTS.
Federal Republic of Germany data from OECD series C.