§ Mr. SawfordTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what the level of 23W subsidy has been in percentage terms which is paid to local authorities towards the cost of rent rebates for each year since 1990–91. [145623]
§ Mr. MullinThe information requested is given in the table:
Rent rebate subsidy as percentage of national total cost of rent rebates, England Percentage 1990–91 90 1991–92 86 1992–93 83 1993–94 80 1994–95 78 1995–96 75 1996–97 72 1997–98 69 1998–99 66 1999–20001 62 2000–012 60 1 Provisional 2 Estimated We have altered the way in which the housing revenue account subsidy system operates for 2001–02 by introducing the major repairs allowance. As a result we expect that the equivalent figure for 2001–02 will be over 80 per cent.