§ 33. Mr. Pavittasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give consideration to the application of the London borough of Brent's call for an increase in the housing investment programme strategy allocation, with particular regard to the sums the ratepayers have to pay for bed and breakfast accommodation and the enormous waiting list for homes by families needing accommodation.
§ Mr. StanleyI cannot hold out any prospect of additions to the housing investment programme allocations which have been announced for 1980–81. Authorities will, however, be able to benefit next year from housing capital receipts that are unspent as at 1 April 1981 in the way set out in my speech to the Institute of Housing on 24 April, a copy of which is in the Library.
508Wage, and at different income levels who were (a) owner-occupiers, (b) local authority tenants, and (c) private sector tenants.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergInformation on the tenure distribution of householders whose head is under retirement age is not readily available. The following table gives information for households with economically active heads: