§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many units were provided by housing associations in rural areas for each year since 1979; and what proportion this represented of the total provision for housing associations for that year.
§ Sir George YoungFigures are readily available only for schemes supported by the Housing Corporation since 1989–90. Information for earlier years cannot be provided except at disproportionate cost. The numbers of approvals granted by the Housing Corporation since 1989–90 in settlements with populations of 3,000 or fewer and the proportion of total approvals these represent are as follows:
Approvals in settlements
of 3,000
or fewer
Proportion of total
approvals
Per cent.
1989–90 578 2.7 1990–91 348 2.8 1991–92 2,345 5.5 1992–93 1,788 3.7 The 1992–93 figures are to 28 February 1993, and exclude approvals given under the housing market package.