Housing (Southwark) (Hansard, 9 April 2001)

§ Mr. Simon Hughes
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how much money has been(a) bid for, (h) allocated, (c) handed over and (d) spent on (i) housing and (ii) regeneration schemes in the London borough of Southwark in each of the last five years. [157264]

§ Mr. Raynsford
The principal funding that this Department has provided to the London borough of Southwark for (i) housing and (ii) regeneration schemes are shown in the table. This includes grants and borrowing approvals for revenue and capital expenditure.
These figures have been drawn together from a wide variety of sources and are the most accurate available at this time.
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1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02¹

New Deal for Communities Funding Phase Two¹⁰

Bid for ²— ²— ²— ²— ²—

Allocated ²— 250,313 294,711 ²— ²—

Handed over ²— 13,050 ¹¹531,974 ²— ²—

Spent ²— 13,050 ¹¹—531,974 ²—

New Deal For Communities Funding Phase Three¹²

Bid for ²— ²— 56,200,000 ²—

Allocated ²— ²— 56,200,000 ²— ²—

Handed over ²— ²— ²— ²— 370,768 ⁶—

Spent ²— ²— ²— ⁶— ⁶—

Neighbourhood Renewal Funding

Bid for ²— ²— ²— ²— ²—

Allocated ²— ²— ²— ²— 3,956,000

Handed over ²— ²— ²— ²— ⁶—

Spent ²— ²— ²— ²— ⁶—

Capital Challenge (Supplementary Credit at d Basic Credit Approvals)¹³ ²— ²— ²— ²— ²—

Bid for ²— ²— ²— ²— ²—

Allocated ²— ²— ²— ²— ²— ²—

Handed over 1,807,671 4,182,000 4,195,000 ²— ²—

Spent 1,807,671 4,182,000 4,195,000 ²— ²—

Estate Action

Bid for ³— ³— ²— ²— ²—

Allocated 7,049,933 2,873,089 ²— ²— ²—

Handed over 6,653,316 3,200,627 ²— ²— ²—

Spent 6,653,316 3,200,627 ²— ²— ²—

¹Where known

²Not applicable

³Not available

⁴Spend figures are for the whole HRA account, including figures from rent rebates, and HRA revenue contributions to capital spending. Housing revenue account subsidy is just a contribution to the whole HRA account.

⁵Provisional figures

⁶Not known

⁷Estimated

⁸The figures are the most accurate currently available, but the LDA SRB database is currently in the process of verification.

⁹Projected

¹⁰Developmental phase for working up full bid for Phase Three.

¹¹Over two years

¹²Actual bid made in 1999–2000 for £56.2 million over 10 years.

¹³Actual bid made in 1996–97 for £9,945,000 million over three years. Allocation of £10,188,000 made in 1996–97 over three years, spend commencing from 1997–98.

§ Mr. Simon Hughes
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what the outstanding debt is on Southwark council housing; and what his estimate is of the cost of the outstanding necessary capital works to Southwark council housing. [157265]

§ Mr. Raynsford
The Housing Revenue Account (HRA) credit ceiling is an assessment of the amount of an authority's outstanding debt that is attributed to its own housing stock. The 2000–01 mid-year HRA credit ceiling for Southwark borough council as at 30 September was £732,105,357.
The Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR) does not make estimates centrally of the outstanding necessary capital works to individual local authorities' housing stock. As part of the annual Housing Investment Programme local authorities are asked to provide estimates to the DETR of the amount they need to invest on capital works to their stock Southwark council estimated that at April 2000, they needed to spend £220 million to bring their own housing stock (of almost 48,000 units) into a satisfactory condition.

	1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02¹
New Deal for Communities Funding Phase Two¹⁰
Bid for	²—	²—	²—	²—	²—
Allocated	²—	250,313	294,711	²—	²—
Handed over	²—	13,050	¹¹531,974	²—	²—
Spent	²—	13,050	¹¹—531,974		²—
New Deal For Communities Funding Phase Three¹²
Bid for	²—	²—	56,200,000	²—
Allocated	²—	²—	56,200,000	²—	²—
Handed over	²—	²—	²—	²—	370,768	⁶—
Spent	²—	²—	²—	⁶—	⁶—
Neighbourhood Renewal Funding
Bid for	²—	²—	²—	²—	²—
Allocated	²—	²—	²—	²—	3,956,000
Handed over	²—	²—	²—	²—	⁶—
Spent	²—	²—	²—	²—	⁶—
Capital Challenge (Supplementary Credit at d Basic Credit Approvals)¹³	²—	²—	²—	²—	²—
Bid for	²—	²—	²—	²—	²—
Allocated	²—	²—	²—	²—	²—	²—
Handed over	1,807,671	4,182,000	4,195,000	²—	²—
Spent	1,807,671	4,182,000	4,195,000	²—	²—
Estate Action
Bid for	³—	³—	²—	²—	²—
Allocated	7,049,933	2,873,089	²—	²—	²—
Handed over	6,653,316	3,200,627	²—	²—	²—
Spent	6,653,316	3,200,627	²—	²—	²—
¹Where known
²Not applicable
³Not available
⁴Spend figures are for the whole HRA account, including figures from rent rebates, and HRA revenue contributions to capital spending. Housing revenue account subsidy is just a contribution to the whole HRA account.
⁵Provisional figures
⁶Not known
⁷Estimated
⁸The figures are the most accurate currently available, but the LDA SRB database is currently in the process of verification.
⁹Projected
¹⁰Developmental phase for working up full bid for Phase Three.
¹¹Over two years
¹²Actual bid made in 1999–2000 for £56.2 million over 10 years.
¹³Actual bid made in 1996–97 for £9,945,000 million over three years. Allocation of £10,188,000 made in 1996–97 over three years, spend commencing from 1997–98.