Housing Corporation (Hansard, 19 January 1982)

§ Mr. Stanley

As my right hon. Friend announced on 21 December the gross provision for the Housing Corporation in 1982–83 will be £556 million, which comprises an allocation of £530 million plus an estimated £26 million of capital receipts.

Of the gross provision of £556 million, £415 million will be required to meet existing commitments on fair rent and hostel schemes. The balance of the provision will be used largely to finance new schemes for rent and for low-cost home ownership. The provision will permit a significant increase in expenditure in real terms in 1982–83 on housing association schemes for hostels, for the elderly and for low-cost home ownership.

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The detailed breakdown of the corporation's approved development programme is as follows:

Housing Corporation—Approved Development Programme 1982-83 (All figures expressed in estimated 1982-83 outturn prices)
	£million	£million	Note
Net Allocation (Cash Limit)		530
Receipts		26
Gross Allocation		556
Memorandum of Authorisation:
Programme Heads
Existing Fair Rent and Hostel Projects
1. Contracted expenditure		415
(Block 1)
2. New tenders approved
(Block 2)
New Fair Rent and Hostel Projects
(Block 3)
3. (a) Elderly	26		(i)
(b) Hostels and other shared housing	10		(ii)
(c) Other needs (rehabilitation and new build)	37
	—	73	(iii)(iv)
Other Tenures
4. (a) Improvement for sale	24
(b) Leasehold schemes for the elderly	3
(c) Shared ownership	25
	—	52
5. Major Repairs		15
6. Mini Hag		1
		556

Notes

(i) 'Elderly' incorporates all provision specifically for elderly people, Abbey-fields, schemes for the frail elderly and almshouses. (ii) (a) 'Hostels' excludes expenditure on schemes approved in prior years (now included within Blocks 1 and 2) amounting to £12 million. The total provision for hostels in 1982–83 will therefore be £18 million made up of £12 million within Blocks 1 and 2 together with approximately £6 million of the £10 million in Block 3(b). This excludes the further capital allocation of £0.66 million from DHSS in 1982–83 in connection with the replacement of Camberwell Resettlement Unit. (b) 'Other shared housing' includes cluster flats, group homes and move-on accommodation involving special design. (iii) 'Other needs': associations will receive priority where their schemes contain provision for accommodation for the disabled or for people moving on from hostels. (iv) To facilitate the monitoring of expenditure, the allocation subheads within Block 3 (new fair rent and hostel projects) are slightly different from those adopted for 1981–82 and the Memorandum of Authorisation, which is deposited in the Library of the House, will be amended accordingly.