§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the amount available to Tai Cymru in(a) 1992 and (b) the latest available year for new housing association homes in Wales. [7763]
§ Mr. Jonathan EvansThe capital programme for housing associations, including private finance, in 199192 was £160.4 million. In the current financial year this is forecast to be £154.4 million.
§ Mr. JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many social housing lettings were made in(a) 1992 and (b) 1995. [7767]
§ Mr. EvansIn the financial years 1992–93 and 1995–96, there were 17,089 and 21,088 lettings, excluding transfer and exchanges. These data are a combination of local authority lettings figures from annual returns, together with a summary of housing association lettings from the continual recording of the lettings system.
§ Mr. JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is his estimate of the number of new homes required up to the year 2000. [7768]
§ Mr. EvansEstimates of additional homes required were published in the 1992-based household projections, a copy of which is in the Library of the House. This report expected the average number of additional homes each year, up to the year 2000, to be 8,800.
§ Mr. JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many private homes were built in(a) 1992 and (b) 1995. [7769]
§ Mr. EvansThis information is in table 2.3 of Welsh housing statistics 1996, which is in the Library of the House.
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§ Mr. JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is his estimate of the number of(a) council and (b) housing association homes required in each of the years to 2000. [7770]
§ Mr. EvansA breakdown in the form requested is not available. Our estimate for subsidised dwellings for each years is between 2,500 and 3,500.