§ Mr. RichardsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales when he will announce his proposals for housing revenue account subsidy for 1994–95; and what proposals he will be making.
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesThe Welsh Office is consulting local authorities and other bodies on proposals for the rent guidelines and management and maintenance allowances to be used in calculating next year's entitlement to housing revenue account subsidy. I shall be placing a copy of the consultation papers in the Library of the House with a list of the estimated guidelines and allowances for each authority. The proposals are for an average guideline rent increase of £2.20 per week with a range of increases for individual authorities from £1.50 to £2.90 per week. The new average weekly guideline rent would be £31.30. For management and maintenance, it is proposed to increase allowances by an average of £31 per annum per dwelling over the 1993–94 level.