HC Deb 29 March 2001 vol 365 cc734-5W
Mr. Gerrard

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will set out, including statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effect on the Walthamstow constituency of his Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [154179]

Ms Armstrong

The principal funding that this Department has provided to Waltham Forest in the years 1997–98 to 2001–02 is shown in the table. These include grants and borrowing approvals for revenue and capital expenditure.

It is not possible to determine how much of this money has been spent in the Walthamstow constituency. It is for the local authority to decide where within its boundary these resources are applied.

Waltham Forest
£million
Nature of funding 1997–8 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–021
Revenue Support Grant2 119.632 127.547 131.501 131.124 139.903
Income from National Non-Domestic Rates 2 48.277 50.137 54.129 61.461 59.480
Neighbourhood Renewal Funding 0 0 0 0 .638
Transport Supplementary Grant .150 .150 .270 n/a n/a
Transport Annual Capital Guideline .075 .075 .135 n/a n/a
Transport Block Supplementary Credit Approval .996 .789 1.247 1.439 n/a
Capital Challenge (Supplementary Credit and Basic Credit Approvals) 1.800 3.564 2.430 0 0
ERDF funding 0 1.520 1.379 0 0
Housing Investment Programme 6.2473 6.605 7.922 422.418 524.435
Housing Revenue Account Subsidy 27.028 25.146 24.141 24.478 n/a
Capital receipts Initiative 1.289 4.221 4.967 n/a n/a
Cash Incentive Scheme 1.028 .731 .044 0 0
SRB funding n/a n/a n/a 5.793 n/a
1 Where known
>2 The amounts of Revenue Support Grant and Income from National Non-Domestic Rates shown for 1997–98 and 1998–99 are the revised amounts allocated under "The Local Govern vent Finance Report (England) 1997–98 Amending Report 1999" and "The Local Government Finance Report (England) 1998–99 Amending Report 2000" respectively.
31997–8 HIP allocation inherited from the previous Government's spending plans. Present Government introduced CRI from 1997–98.
4 Single Housing Pot introduced from 2000– 01 resulting in CRI being merged with HIP.
5Resource accounting has resulted in a change to the way capital resources are allocated for 2001–02, with the introduction of a new Major Repairs Allowance (MRA) to cover the cost of maintaining local authority housing in a sound condition. Waltham Forest's MRA allocation for 2001–02 is £9.937 million and, for comparison purposes, is included in the 2001–02 HIP allocation above.
n/a = not available