§ Mr. Tebbitasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how much is being held in reserve for local authority capital expenditure on housing in England in 1978–79 in addition to the £2,432 million at outturn prices already allocated to individual local authorities.
§ Mr. FreesonThe very small amount not allocated to local authorities will depend on final determination of cash limits for 1978–79.
§ Mr. Tebbitasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will state (a) the total bids for capital investment in housing in the year 1978–79 made by each of the English local authorities in their first housing investment programme submissions and (b) the allocations of capital expenditure on housing made to each local authority for 1978–79, both at provisional outturn prices.
§ Mr. FreesonCopies of the cash allocations for 1978–79 were placed in the Library of the House on 9th January 1978. I am making similar arrangements in respect of the bids.
§ Mr. Tebbitasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will state the regional allocations for local authority capital expenditure on housing in 1976–77, 1977–78 and 1978–79 each at 1977 survey prices.
§ Mr. FreesonThe following is the information:
1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 Region £ million £ million £ million Northern 46 126 136 Yorkshire and Humberside 50 157 167 North-West 79 216 255 East Midlands 40 157 157 West Midlands 63 204 214 Eastern 38 149 149 South-East 52 175 176 Greater London 192 679 696 South-West 29 100 105 In 1976–77 cash allocations were made only in respect of improvements to council housing and lending for house purchase. In 1977–78 and 1978–79 allocations were extended to cover all local authority housing capital investment.