§ Mr. Richard Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the total amount of additional funds that are to be made available to the Kirklees metropolitan district council, and the Oldham metropolitan district council for discretionary home improvement grants at the enhanced rate following the Chancellor's Budget Statement.
§ Sir George YoungOf the £100 million in additional resources announced by the Chancellor, £74.5 million is available for expenditure by local authorities on improvement, intermediate and repairs grants in England. Authorities have been invited to bid for a share of these extra resources, and the two authorities to which the hon. Member refers have already submitted their bids. We aim to inform authorities of their provisional additional allocations in mid-April.