§ Mr. Frank Allaunasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a list of the applications from local authorities for improvement moneys under Section 105, broken down into improvements on acquired properties and existing council-built properties.
§ Mr. ArmstrongI hope to be able to provide information about the position for 1976–77 before the end of 1975.
§ Mr. Whiteheadasked the Secretary of State for the Environment why Section 105 of the Housing Act 1974 is being used to discourage local authorities from commencing housing improvement and conversion schemes outside the improvement of sub-standard municipalised dwellings, bringing empty dwellings back into use and provision of standard amenities; and whether he considers these to be appropriate priority categories in all local authority areas.
§ Mr. FreesonThe priorities for 1976–77which were stated in my reply of 4th August 1975 to my hon. Friend the Member for Erith and Crayford (Mr. Wellbeloved)—[Vol. 897, c.65–6]—and which go wider than those stated in the Question, reflect the Government's assessment of national priorities in the use of scarce resources. Distribution of funds according to these priorities should ensure that proportionately more help goes to those authorities whose needs are greatest. But in deciding individual allocations, we will take account of other, local needs. How individual authorities should use resources allocated to them is being discussed by the Study Group on Programmes of Social Ownership and Renovation of Council Dwellings, which include local authority associations and GLC representatives.
§ Mr. Whiteheadasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list 217W the local authorities which have submitted proposals by 30th September 1975 for the improvement, conversion and loan-financed repairs of local authority dwellings for the financial years 1976–77 and 1977–78, as required under Section 105 of the Housing Act 1974.
§ Mr. FreesonAll housing authorities in England except the following:
North West South West Bury Stroud Halton Tewkesbury Liverpool Mendip Ribble Valley Sedgemoor Salford Taunton Deane Tameside Kennet Wigan North Wiltshire Crewe and Nantwich Bath Knowsley Bristol Macclesfield Kingswood Rochdale Penwith South Ribble North Devon Warrington Plymouth Ellesmere Port Tiverton Lancaster West Devon Preston Bournemouth Rossendale Christchurch Stockport Poole West Lancashire Purbeck West Dorset Yorkshire and Humberside Weymouth Wimbourne Beverley Forest of Dean Bradford Gloucester Doncaster Torridge Scunthorpe Selby London East Midlands Greater London Council City of London Leicester Bromley Charnwood Camden Melton Ealing Boston Hackney North Kesteven Hammersmith South Holland Harrow South Kesteven Lambeth East Lindsey Lewisham West Lindsey Redbridge Lincoln Richmond upon Northampton Thames Corby Waltham Forest Daventry Wandsworth East Northamptonshire Broxtowe West Midlands Bassetlaw Gedling Leominster Mansfield Oswestry Rushcliffe South Shropshire Chesterfield Rugby High Peak North East Derbyshire South Derbyshire
§ Mr. Whiteheadasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many representations he has received from local authorities regarding information 218W requested under Section 105 of the Housing Act 1974.
§ Mr. FreesonNone.