§ Mr. Tebbitasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what are the amounts of the allocations to each of the housing authorities in England for the years 1976–77 and 1977–78.
§ Mr. ArmstrongCash allocations for 1976–77, which were in respect of improvements to council housing and lending for house purchase and improvement only, are given in the table below-the figures for lending are the original quotas before the 15 per cent. reduction made
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1976–77 Council house improvements("section 105") 1976–77 Lending for house purchase and improvement 1977–78 Council house improvements ("section 105") £ £ £ NORTHERN REGION Cleveland Hartlepool … … … 1,000,000 97,000 920,000 Lanbaurgh … … … 1,375,000 567,000 1,450,000 Middlesborough … … … 2,500,000 904,000 2,100,000 Stockton-on-Tees … … … 1,500,000 871,000 1,150,000 Cumbria Allerdale … … … 1,000,000 86,000 700,000 Barrow-in-Furness … … … 415,000 201,000 190,000 Carlisle … … … 1,050,000 373,000 600,000 Copeland … … … 900,000 320,000 600,000 Eden … … … 210,000 17,000 160,000 South Lakeland … … … 100,000 96,000 190,000 Durham Chester-Le-Street … … … 1,100,000 356,000 625,000 Darlington … … … 800,000 207,000 800,000 Derwentside … … … 900,000 50,000 850,000 Durham … … … 1,250,000 287,000 1,000,000 Easington … … … 800,000 170,000 720,000 Sedgefield … … … 1,200,000 274,000 975,000 Teesdale … … … 150,000 98,000 120,000 Wear Valley … … … 1,000,000 276,000 700,000 Northumberland Alnwich … … … 100,000 126,000 275,000 Berwick-upon-Tweed … … … 500,000 84,000 275,000 Blyth Valley … … … 1,000,000 170,000 850,000 Castle Morpeth … … … 150,000 112,000 250,000 Tynedale … … … 150,000 159,000 275,000 Wansbeck … … … 550,000 373,000 400,000 Tyne and Wear Gateshead … … … 3,500,000 782,000 2,285,000 Newcastle-upon-Tyne … … … 3,500,000 520,000 3,700,000 North Tyneside … … … 2,500,000 658,000 2,000,000 South Tyneside … … … 3,200,000 641,000 2,800,000 Sunderland … … … 3,500,000 1,434,000 2,975,000 in August 1976. For 1977–78, the table also shows the latest figures for improvements to council housing, following my right hon. Friend's announcement of 2nd May about additional resources. For the remaining 1977–78 allocations, I refer the hon. Member to the reply which I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Gloucestershire, West (Mr. Watkinson) on 23rd June 1977.—[Vol. 933, c. 575–590.] Further revisions will be needed following the announcement by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 15th July of further resources being made available to assist employment in the construction industry.
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1976–77 Council house improvements("section 105") 1976–77 Lending for Council house purchase and improvement 1977–78 Council house improvements("section 105") £ £ £ NORTH WEST REGION Cheshire Chester … … 250,000 335,000 250,000 Congleton … … 275,000 185,000 260,000 Crewe and Nantwich … … 300,000 679,000 400,000 Ellesmere Port … … 300,000 384,000 500,000 Halton … … 250,000 286,000 300,000 Macclesfield … … 350,000 508,000 510,000 Vale Royal … … 350,000 493,000 320,000 Warrington … … 1,000,000 507,000 1,000,000 Greater Manchester Bolton … … 1,370,000 1,554,000 1,280,000 Bury … … 700,000 677,000 800,000 Manchester … … 8,750,000 5,500,000 8,350,000 Oldham … … 2,560,000 485,000 2,650,000 Rochdale … … 2,000,000 905,000 1,750,000 Salford … … 4,600,000 798,000 3,800,000 Stockport … … 1,600,000 1,021,000 1,500,000 Tameside … … 2,200,000 1,161,000 2,600,000 Trafford … … 1,500,000 645,000 1,330,000 Wigan … … 3,500,000 745,000 3,060,000 Lancashire Blackburn … … 500,000 716,000 850,000 Blackpool … … 450,000 275,000 400,000 Burnley … … 700,000 190,000 1,000,000 Chorley … … 250,000 300,000 350.000 Fylde … … 150,000 50,000 75,000 Hyndburn … … 275,000 397,000 225,000 Lancaster … … 250,000 762,000 450,000 Pendle … … 570,000 321,000 450,000 Preston … … 1,000,000 14,000 500,000 Ribble Valley … … 300,000 147,000 300,000 Rossendale … … 500,000 467,000 240,000 South Ribble … … 250,000 364,000 200,000 West Lancashire … … 450,000 164,000 300,000 Wyre … … 150,000 110,000 75,000 Merseyside Knowsley … … 4,750,000 712,000 2,900,000 Liverpool … … 8,000,000 1,772,000 8,350,000 Sefton … … 2,250,000 760,000 2,200,000 St. Helens … … 1,700,000 576,000 1,000,000 Wirral … … 1,000,000 831,000 1,075,000 YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE REGION Humberside Beverley … … 400,000 402,000 380,000 Boothferry … … 325,000 27,000 365,000 Cleethorpes … … 350,000 550,000 320,000 Glanford … … 300,000 100,000 275,000 Grimsby … … 450,000 252,000 530,000 Holderness … … 100,000 65,000 75,000 Kingston-upon-Hull … … 1,500,000 547,000 1,500,000 North Wolds … … 350,000 25,000 305,000 Scunthorpe … … 575,000 245,000 675,000 North Yorkshire Craven … … 120,000 65,000 150,000 Hambleton … … 225,000 121,000 170,000 Harrogate … … 775,000 420,000 670,000 Richmondshire … … 180,000 25,000 200,000 Ryedale … … 250,000 267,000 300,000 Scarborough … … 375,000 78,000 300,000 Selby … … 400,000 182,000 310,000 York … … 1,050,000 913,000 875,000 South Yorkshire Barnsley … … 3,080,000 486,000 2,950,000 Doncaster … … 2,600,000 539,000 1,500,000 Rotherham … … 2,850,000 648,000 2,850,000 Sheffield … … 2,650,000 2,361,000 2,850,000
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1976–77 Council house improvements("section 105") 1976–77 Lending for house purchase improvements 1977–78 Council house and improvement ("section 105") £ £ £ West Yorkshire Bradford … … … 2,450,000 2,779,000 3,000,000 Calderdale … … … 1,950,000 530,000 1,300,000 Kirklees … … … 2,700,000 1,315,000 2,000,000 Leeds … … … 5,500,000 1,385,000 5,250,000 Wakefield … … … 4,100,000 1,421,000 3,450,000 EAST MIDLANDS REGION Derbyshire Amber Valley … … … 577,500 219,000 850,000 Bolsover … … … 575,000 238,000 800,000 Chesterfield … … … 845,000 200,000 800,000 Derby … … … 903,000 528,000 1,000,000 Erewash … … … 162,000 515,000 150,000 High Peak … … … 537,000 349,000 400,000 North East Derbyshire … … … 593,000 215,000 600,000 South Derbyshire … … … 499,000 170,000 475,000 West Derbyshire … … … 553,000 217,000 550,000 Leicestershire Blaby … … … 101,000 216,000 200,000 Hinckley and Bosworth … … … 160.000 190,000 350,000 Charnwood … … … 84,000 452,000 105,000 Harborough … … … 107,000 193,000 450,000 Leicester … … … 1,094,000 1,394,000 1,725,000 Melton … … … 7,750 122,000 20,000 North West Leicestershire … … … 164,000 290,000 300.000 Oadby and Wigston … … … 12,500 157,000 35,000 Rutland … … … 31,500 10,000 30,000 Lincolnshire Boston … … … 110,000 101,000 85,000 East Lindsey … … … 223,500 210,000 300,000 Lincoln … … … 362,000 — 430,000 North Kesteven … … … 123,000 73,000 150,000 South Holland … … … 290,000 180,000 685,000 South Kesteven … … … 819,000 307,000 390,000 West Lindsey … … … 215,000 113,000 215,000 Northamptonshire Corby … … … 163,000 — 60,000 Daventry … … … 163,250 151,000 223,000 East Northamptonshire … … … 276,000 203,000 72,000 Kettering … … … 505,000 325,000 450,000 Northampton … … … 920,000 738,000 1,680,000 South Northamptonshire … … … 185,000 209,000 90,000 Wellington … … … 518,000 187,000 550,000 Nottinghamshire Ashfield … … … 3,225,000 766,000 1,750,000 Bassetlaw … … … 1,826,000 495,000 860,000 Broxtowe … … … 2,687,000 1,223,000 1,400,000 Gedling … … … 313,000 740,000 900,000 Mansfield … … … 1,601,000 356,000 1,150,000 Newark … … … 489,000 153,000 400,000 Nottingham … … … 3,745,000 1,386,000 2,760,000 Rushcliffe … … … 235,000 530,000 120,000 WEST MIDLAND REGION Hereford and Worcester Bromsgrove … … … 525,000 110,000 525,000 Hereford … … … 700,000 202,000 350,000 Leominster … … … 100,000 69,000 70,000 Malvern Hills … … … 400,000 178,000 380,000 Redditch … … … 800,000 76,000 510,000 South Herefordshire … … … 200,000 91,000 200,000 Worcester … … … 900,000 229,000 700,000 Wychavon … … … 400,000 86,000 350,000 Wyre Forest … … … 450,000 528,000 530,000
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1976–77 Council house improvements ("section 105") 1976–77 Lending for house purchase and improvement 1977–78 Council house improvements("section 105") £ £ £ Salop Bridgnorth … … … 110,000 46,000 275,000 North Shropshire … … … 350,000 84,000 250,000 Oswestry … … … 17,250 77,000 15,000 Shrewsbury and Atcham … … … 200,000 305,000 360,000 South Shropshire … … … 280,000 78,000 140,000 Wrekin … … … 1,100,000 351,000 845,000 Staffordshire Cannock Chase … … … 700,000 409,000 500,000 East Staffordshire … … … 900,000 261,000 750,000 Lichfield … … … 400,000 214,000 550,000 Newcastle-Under-Lyme … … … 800,000 297,000 550,000 South Staffordshire … … … 400,000 143,000 400,000 Stafford … … … 500,000 267,000 420,000 Staffordshire Moorlands … … … 150,000 110,000 150,000 Stoke-on-Trent … … … 1,800,000 528,000 1,950,000 Tamworth … … … 400,000 433,000 450,000 Warwickshire North Warwickshire … … … 400,000 411,000 300,000 Nuneaton … … … 700,000 808,000 890,000 Rugby … … … 700,000 319,000 700,000 Stratford-on-Avon … … … 525,000 143,000 500,000 Warwick … … … 650,000 745,000 650,000 West Midlands Birmingham … … … 9,700,000 6,455,000 15,000,000 Coventry … … … 1,900,000 7,640,000 2,450,000 Dudley … … … 3,400,000 752,000 4,000,000 Sandwell … … … 4,000,000 304,000 4,250,000 Solihull … … … 200,000 231,000 250,000 Walsall … … … 3,400,000 499,000 4,050,000 Wolverhampton … … … 3,900,000 72,000 5,050,000 SOUTH EAST REGION Berkshire Bracknell … … … 143,900 1,128,000 200,000 Newbury … … … 510,300 574,000 729,000 Reading … … … 817,400 2,921,000 1,236,000 Slough … … … 313,000 934,000 548,000 Windsor and Maidenhead … … … 190,500 1,839,000 243,000 Wokingham … … … 321,400 387,000 531,000 Hampshire Basingstoke … … … 122,100 454,000 269,000 Eastleigh … … … 490,900 1,337,000 668,000 Fareham … … … 48,900 157,000 58,756 Gosport … … … 514,800 290,000 294,000 Hart … … … 13,100 240,000 15,000 Havant … … … 176,800 202,000 207,000 New Forest … … … 305,500 358,000 336,000 East Hampshire … … … 181,600 303,000 410,000 Portsmouth … … … 832,400 1,190,000 1,500,000 Rushmoor … … … 545,700 317,000 863,000 Southampton … … … 625,700 662,000 1,500,000 Test Valley … … … 361,700 16,000 502,500 Winchester … … … 486,300 452,000 568,000 Kent Ashford … … … 480,100 614,000 487,000 Canterbury … … … 155,400 579,000 309,000 Dartford … … … 311,300 495,000 328,000 Dover … … … 472,700 203,000 473,000 Gillingham … … … 777,200 361,000 679,000 Gravesham … … … 752,700 485,000 628,000 Maidstone … … … 154,900 500,000 277,000 Medway … … … 194,000 2,146,000 582,000 Sevenoaks … … … 218,800 182,000 321,000 Shepway … … … 98,900 75,000 424,000 Swale … … … 317,700 1,016,000 906,000
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1976–77 Council house improvements("section 105") 1976–77 Lending for house improvements and improvement 1977–78 Council house purchase improvement ("section 105") £ £ £ Thanet … … … 123,500 1,009,000 169,000 Tonbridge and Mailing … … … 97,100 622,000 85,000 Tunbridge Wells … … … 189,600 348,000 452,000 Oxfordshire Cherwell … … … 147,700 328,000 120,000 Oxford … … … 201,100 927,000 475,000 Vale of White Horse … … … 300,300 402,000 334,000 South Oxfordshire … … … 196,900 215,000 143,000 West Oxfordshire … … … 46,900 410,000 51,000 Surrey Elmbridge … … … 243,500 406,000 182,000 Epsom and Ewell … … … 48,200 279,000 97,000 Guildford … … … 700,700 498,000 581,000 Mole Valley … … … 1 00,000 400,000 75,000 Reigate and Banstead … … … 100,000 335,000 238,000 Runnymede … … … 119,500 552,000 61,000 Spelthorne … … … 36,200 70,000 77,000 Surrey Heath … … … 57,000 280,000 52,000 Tandridge … … … 42,500 106,000 72,000 Waverley … … … 157,000 873,000 118,000 Woking … … … 92,000 627,000 137,000 East Sussex Brighton … … … 1,000,300 1,979,000 1,170,000 Eastbourne … … … 78,600 605,000 202,000 Hastings … … … 170,000 332,000 204,000 Hove … … … — 622,000 30,000 Lewes … … … 640,500 278,000 355,000 Rother … … … 73,100 279,000 63,000 Wealden … … … 239,400 120,000 167,000 West Sussex Adur … … … 293,600 261,000 121,000 Arun … … … 89,500 873,000 81,000 Chichester … … … 125,900 506,000 313,000 Crawley … … … 50,000 92,000 73,000 Horsham … … … 48,200 389,000 118,000 Mid Sussex … … … 262,900 727,000 223,000 Worthing … … … 48,100 425,000 93,000 Isle of Wight Medina … … … 126,700 235,000 202,500 South Wight … … … 101,100 477,000 105,000 EASTERN REGION Bedfordshire North Bedfordshire … … … 610,000 252,000 650,000 Luton … … … 480,000 427,000 610,000 Mid-Bedfordshire … … … 345,000 427,000 300,000 South Bedfordshire … … … 150,000 838,000 150,000 Buckinghamshire Aylesbury Vale … … … 460,000 112,000 300,000 Beaconsfield … … … 80,000 100,000 90,000 Chiltern … … … 140,000 295,000 100,000 Milton Keynes … … … 370,000 1,825,000 494,200 Wycombe … … … 680,000 529,000 783,000 Cambridgeshire Cambridge … … … 471,000 551,000 255,000 East Cambridgeshire … … … 70,000 192,000 105,000 Fenland … … … 118,000 292,000 117,500 Huntingdon … … … 139,000 540,000 127,600 Peterborough … … … 795,000 261,000 321,500 South Cambridgeshire … … … 414,000 277,000 177,500 Essex Basildon … … … 350,000 693,000 377,500 Braintree … … … 375,000 614,000 312,500 Brentwood … … … 97,000 264,000 84,500 Castle Point … … … 40,000 347,000 50,000 Chelmsford … … … 250,000 90,000 400,000
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1976–77 Council house improvements ("section 105") 1976–77 Lending for house purchase and improvement 1977–78 Council house improvements ("section 105") £ £ £ Colchester … … … … 300,000 1,097,000 361,500 Epping Forest … … … … 459,000 276,000 842,500 Harlow … … … … 35,000 139,000 54,000 Maldon … … … … 250,000 328,000 130,000 Rochford … … … … 125,000 314,000 171,500 Southend-on-Sea … … … … 830,000 958,000 720,500 Tendring … … … … 175,000 322,000 182,500 Thurrock … … … … 650,000 249,000 438,000 Uttlesford … … … … 150,000 306,000 158,500 Hertfordshire Broxbourne … … … … 30,000 283,000 120,000 Dacorum … … … … 350,000 352,000 600,000 East Hertfordshire … … … … 175,000 565,000 220,000 Hertsmere … … … … 580,000 471,000 240,000 North Hertfordshire … … … … 450,000 790,000 600,000 St. Albans … … … … 275,000 921,000 340,000 Stevenage … … … … 50,000 — 95,000 Three Rivers … … … … 100,000 359,000 230,000 Watford … … … … 375,000 394,000 500,000 Welmyn Hatfield … … … … 320,000 370,000 250,000 Norfolk Breckland … … … … 190,000 256,000 170,000 Broadland … … … … 200,000 218,000 110,000 Great Yarmouth … … … … 200,000 316,000 375,000 Norwich … … … … 834,000 2,568,000 1,000,000 North Norfolk … … … … 321,000 206,000 500,000 South Norfolk … … … … 100,000 343,000 50,000 West Norfolk … … … … 705,000 788,000 345,000 Suffolk Babergh … … … … 380,000 182,000 358,000 Forest Health … … … … 120,000 75,000 187,000 Ipswich … … … … 520,000 378,000 518,000 Mid Suffolk … … … … 265,000 226,000 417,500 St. Edmundsbury … … … … 169,000 213,000 209,000 Suffolk Coastal … … … … 140,000 240,000 250,000 Waveney … … … … 230,000 398,000 350,000 Avon Bath … … … … 850,000 649,000 975,000 Bristol … … … … 2,300,000 1,013,000 4,120,000 Kingswood … … … … 272,000 575,000 — Northavon … … … … 310,000 275,000 377,000 Wansdyke … … … … 175,000 88,000 190,000 Woodspring … … … … 255,000 1,026,000 370,000 Cornwall Caradon … … … … 162,000 191,000 120,000 Carrick … … … … 82,000 230,000 190,000 Kerrier … … … … 98,250 309,000 140,000 North Cornwall … … … … 35,500 192,000 67,500 Penwith … … … … 70,000 254,000 190,000 Restormel … … … … 89,000 614,000 150,000 Devon East Devon … … … … 235,000 335,000 288,000 Exeter … … … … 300,000 427,000 300,000 North Devon … … … … 300,000 238,000 300,000 Plymouth … … … … 1,200,000 1,210,000 1,295,000 South Hams … … … … 50,000 210,000 150,000 Teighbridge … … … … 260,000 154,000 435,000 Tiverton … … … … 300,000 387,000 350,000 Torbay … … … … 400,000 889,000 420,000 Torridge … … … … 113,000 104,000 143,000 West Devon … … … … 100,000 79,000 177,000 Dorset Bournemouth … … … … 350,000 135,000 205,000 Christchurch … … … … 80,000 45,000 80,000 North Church … … … … 49,000 60,000 83,000 Poole … … … … 230,000 241,000 313,000 Purbeck … … … … 40,000 60,000 60,000
1976–77 Council house improvements ("section 105") 1976–77 Lending for house purchase and improvement; 1977–78 Council house improvements ("section 105"); £ £ £ West Dorset … … … 250,000 126,000 250,000 Weymouth and Portland … … … 250,000 139,000 250,000 Wimbourne … … … 45,000 40,000 31,500 Gloucester Cheltenham … … … 250,000 516,000 300,000 Cotswold … … … 226,550 211,000 420,000 Forest of Dean … … … 464,000 247,000 393,000 Gloucester … … … 150,000 792,000 250,000 Stroud … … … 117,000 343,000 115,000 Tewkesbury … … … 100,000 229,000 192,000 Somerset Mendip … … … 125,000 275,000 165,000 Sedgemoor … … … 163,000 503,000 300,000 Taunton Deane … … … 452,700 1,061,000 460,000 West Somerset … … … 85,000 117,000 200,000 Yeovil … … … 285,000 205,000 500,000 Wiltshire Kennet … … … 246,000 122,000 400,000 North Wiltshire … … … 238,000 201,000 300,000 Salisbury … … … 249,500 135,000 500,000 Thamesdown … … … 1,230,000 1,296,000 1,200,000 West Wiltshire … … … 317,000 348,000 350,000 Isles of Scilly … … … — 30,000 — LONDON GLC … … … 19,330,000 52,000,000 22,130,000 City of London … … … 40,000 — 50,000 Barking … … … 1,060,000 826,000 920,000 Barnet … … … 1,280,000 1,549,000 1,390,000 Bexley … … … — 1,383,000 240,000 Brent … … … 4,000,000 3,296,000 5,650,000 Bromley … … … 1,750,000 1,013,000 1,760,000 Camden … … … 11,850,000 1,294,000 13,530,000 Croydon … … … 150,000 2,575,000 160,000 Ealing … … … 520,000 531,000 1,170,000 Enfield … … … 1,100,000 527,000 1,140,000 Greenwich … … … 2,000,000 4,091,000 2,100,000 Hackney … … … 3,640,000 1,817,000 5,250,000 Hammersmith … … … 2,310,000 961,000 4,870,000 Haringey … … … 3,460,000 2,714,000 6,360,000 Harrow … … … 500,000 568,000 580,000 Havering … … … 400,000 2,410,000 560,000 Hillingdon … … … 2,670,000 4,059,000 3,640,000 Hounslow … … … 400,000 343,000 670,000 Islington … … … 11,620,000 541,000 17,090,000 Kensington and Chelsea … … … 2,290,000 1,243,000 3,980,000 Kingston-upon-Thames … … … 410,000 813,000 290,000 Lambeth … … … 6,270,000 586,000 8,210,000 Lewisham … … … 4,470,000 977,000 9,080,000 Merton … … … 1,540,000 2,617,000 1,680,000 Newham … … … 2,460,000 1,241,000 4,670,000 Redbridge … … … 160,000 3,968,000 380,000 Richmond-upon-Thames … … … 780,000 366,000 760,000 Southwark … … … 8,500,000 784,000 10,790,000 Sutton … … … 190,000 975,000 190,000 Tower Hamlets … … … 1,290,000 116,000 1,400,000 Waltham Forest … … … 1,540,000 703,000 2,780,000 Wandsworth … … … 4,500,000 648,000 6,860,000 Westminster … … … 2,820,000 1,310,000 4,170,000