§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much public money per council property
2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 North East Lincolnshire Management and maintenance 8,129,578 8,045,574 8,412,641 8,770,557 10,430,125 Major repairs — 4,785,687 4,837,178 4,792,778 4,807,644 Charges for capital 4,271,913 3,926,612 3,724,527 3,940,902 2,656,856 Other items of reckonable expenditure 40 43 46 46 42 Tenant Participation Compacts 17,874 18,692 — — — Resource Accounting 43,903 45,887 — — — ALMO allowance — — 0 0 0 PFI allowance — — — — 0 Admissible allowance — — — — 45,051 Anti-social behaviour allowance — — — — 1,000 Negative subsidy transitional measures transfer allowance — — — — 0 Assumed expenditure in HRA subsidy 12,463,308 16,822,495 16,974,392 17,504,283 17,940,718 Stock for subsidy calculations 9,481 9,378 9,278 9,146 8,973 Assumed expenditure per dwelling 1,314.56 1,793.83 1,829.53 1,913.87 1,999.41 Kingston upon Hull Management and maintenance 29,060,826 29,046,493 27,783,703 29,494,830 38,976,355 Major repairs — 17,621,940 16,267,665 16,602,040 15,982,654 Charges for capital 20,363,712 19,478,339 17,656,181 16,807,405 12,775,370 Other items of reckonable expenditure 0 0 0 0 0 Tenant Participation Compacts 37,563 40,098 — — — Resource Accounting 124,647 130,254 — — — ALMO allowance — — 0 0 0 PFI allowance — — — — 0 Admissible allowance — — — — 16,463 Anti-social behaviour allowance — — — — 1,000 Negative subsidy transitional measures transfer allowance — — — — 0 Assumed expenditure in HRA subsidy 49,586,748 66,317,124 61,707,549 62,904,275 67,751,842 Stock for subsidy calculations 37,127 36,097 32,595 33,309 31,957 Assumed expenditure per dwelling 1,335.60 1,837.19 1,893.16 1,888.51 2,120.09 Sources:
Claim Forms 0004, 0104, 0204, 0302, 0401
§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister what common design, lay-out and publicity services were provided by his Department for the literature, the formal consultation document and the videos distributed to tenants in different recent large scale voluntary transfer campaigns were so similar to each other. [174635]
§ Keith HillAnnex O of the Housing Transfer Manual 2003 Programme contains good practice guidance on producing consultation material which is based on feedback from tenants who have gone through the transfer process. Authorities should take into account specific local circumstances in their consultation material but as they are all consulting on transferring stock there will inevitably be similarities in presentation.
1142Whas been allocated to (a) Hull and (b) Grimsby in each year since 2000–01; and what the projected total is for 2004–05. [174634]
§ Keith HillThe table shows the expenditure allowances within Housing Revenue Account Subsidy for north east Lincolnshire and Kingston upon Hull for 2000–01 to 2004–05.
The allowances include the funding provided to meet the costs of past and new borrowing carried out to finance renovation and improvement work. It is also open to authorities to fund such work from their own resources, for example from capital receipts. Decisions on this are for individual authorities to take in the light of local priorities.
§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister what assessment he has made of the fact that 44 per cent. of eligible tenants have voted to give away the council housing stock of north-east Lincolnshire is a sufficient mandate for transfer. [174660]
§ Keith HillMy right hon. Friend the Deputy Prime Minister cannot grant consent to a housing stock transfer if it appears that the majority of tenants are opposed to it. 64.98 per cent. of tenants in north-east Lincolnshire participated in the ballot and 67.3 per cent. of those who voted were in favour of the transfer. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister considers that a simple majority of those voting being in favour is sufficient to indicate tenant support for a transfer.