HC Deb 19 July 1977 vol 935 cc497-509W
Mr. Tebbit

asked 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. Armstrong

Cash 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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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