HC Deb 02 December 1982 vol 33 cc279-80W
Mr. Allen McKay

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will list for each local authority in England the housing improvement allocation for the years 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83 and 1983–84;

(2) if he will list for each local authority in England the housing improvement allocation expressed as a percentage of the total allocation for the years 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83 and 1983–84.

Mr. Stanley

This information is not available. Since 1980–81 housing investment programme allocations have been made in a single block covering all forms of housing capital expenditure. It is for local authorities themselves

New Construction (including extensions)
Floor Space (thousand sq. metres)
1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82
Industry
Northern region 450.5 728.7 358.0 477.7 224.8 447.3 421.4
Darlington 6.2 94.9 8.8 2.1 5.6 2.0 47.3
Sedgefield 71.7 45.5 16.7 23.4 10.2 29.4 32.5
Teesdale 0.6 3.1 2.5 1.5 0.6
Wear Valley 1.9 4.2 3.5 2.5 7.9 9.8 4.8

to determine their own priorities for investment within the total resources available to them, including capital receipts.