HC Deb 12 July 1977 vol 935 cc69-70W
Mr. Richard Wainwright

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table giving the eligibility for rent and rate rebates for (a) a single person, (b) a married couple and (c) a married couple with one, two and four children expressed as a percentage of average earnings for each year since the scheme has been in operation.

County Loan sanction issued Money spent (provisional) Loan sanction unused
Avon … … … 14,750 8,500 6,250
Bedfordshire … … … 1,133,750 74,500 1,059,250
Berkshire … … … 202,000 202,000 —
Buckinghamshire … … … 75,250 — 75,250
Cheshire … … … 240,000 120,500 119,500
Cleveland … … … 134,250 67,500 66,750
Cornwall … … … 9,000 9,000 —
Cumbria … … … 156,000 62,250 93,750
Derbyshire … … … 126,000 126,000 —
Devon … … … 116,000 85,000 31,000
Dorset … … … 697,000 644,750 52,250
Durham … … … 286,750 124,250 162,500
East Sussex … … … 375,000 241,000 134,000
Essex … … … 207,750 — 207,750
Greater London … … … 3,565,750 1,440,750 2,125,000
Greater Manchester … … … 770,750 428,000 342,750
Hampshire … … … 886,750 549,500 337,250
Hereford and Worcestershire … … … 496,500 233,250 263,250
Hertfordshire … … … 781,000 321,000 460,000
Humberside … … … 1,090,250 413,250 677,000
Isle of Wight … … … 65,000 — 65,000
Kent … … … 1,218,000 277,750 940,250
Lancashire … … … 209,000 25,000 184,000
Lancashire … … … 749,750 465,500 284,250
Lincolnshire … … … 34,750 27,750 7,000
Merseyside … … … 298,750 260,000 38,750
Norfolk … … … 283,750 235,750 48,000
Northamptonshire … … … 188,500 106,500 82,000
Northumberland … … … 662,750 441,750 221,000
North Yorkshire … … … 139,250 27,250 112,000
Nottinghamshire … … … 336,500 300,750 35,750
Oxfordshire … … … 230,000 130,000 100,000
Somerset … … … 139,000 139,000 —
South Yorkshire … … … 1,452,750 916,500 536,250
Staffordshire … … … 1,348,250 879,000 469,250
Surrey … … … 173,000 159,000 14,000
Tyne and Wear … … … 759,500 549,250 210,250
Warwickshire … … … 974,000 61,500 912,500
West Midlands … … … 3,072,750 1,668,000 1,404,750
West Yorkshire … … … 701,000 430,500 270,500

Mr. Michael Latham

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will compare in tabular form the loan

Mr. Armstrong

The Question cannot be answered in the form requested because eligibility would vary with income, rent and rates, among other factors.