§ Mr. RaynsfordTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table showing the entitlement to housing revenue account subsidy for each local housing authority in England in 1993–94, indicating separately the housing element and the housing benefit element and the amount by which HRA subsidy falls short of the total to which the authority would be entitled if rent rebate costs were met in full by subsidy and also the housing stock in the area and the average weekly contribution per tenancy towards the cost of rent rebates in each authority.
§ Mr. BaldryWhile broad estimates can be made at national level, it is not possible to provide the information requested for each authority. The housing benefit element of HRA Subsidy claims for 1993–94 will depend on yet to be taken decisions by local authorities on their rents for that year and on the take up of benefit. The housing element of HRA subsidy claims will also, to a lesser extent, be affected by authorities' own decisions. I will write to the hon. Member after April when information on 1993–94 subsidy claims is available.