§ Mr. Shoreasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what were the allocations in constant prices under the housing investment programme to each of the 14 local authorities in the seven inner city partnership area in England in each year since 1978–79; and what are the provisional figures for 1982–83.
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§ Mr. StanleyThe information for which the right hon. Member asks is shown in the table following. Allocations for 1980–81 and earlier years are not comparable with those for 1981–82 and 1982–83. This is because authorities have been permitted from 1 April 1981 to increase their HIP allocations by the amount of their housing, and non-housing, capital receipts—or by the prescribed proportions of those receipts. Prior to 1 April 1981 they were not able to do so.
Allocations for 1982–83 will be further increased to take account of the £83 million made available in the Budget for intermediate and repair grants and homes insulation grants by local authorities in England. Authorities have been invited to submit bids by 31 March for this additional allocation. On the basis of the allocation for 1982–83 announced on 22 December 1981, the 14 authorities referred to by the right hon. Member have received in aggregate a 22 per cent. share of the national allocation total compared to 20 per cent. in 1981–82 and 19 per cent. 1978–79.
HIP Allocations 1978–79 — 1982–83 (Including Homes Insulation Scheme) Inner City Partnership Authorities 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 †1981–82 †1982–83 Gateshead 21.3 18.4 13.1 7.2 8.1 Newcastle upon Tyne 35.6 31.0 22.5 13.8 14.3 Greenwich 41.8 37.7 24.9 17.1 15.9 Hackney 53.5 44.2 37.0 32.7 23.5 Islington 89.6 78.6 58.7 39.1 37.0 Lambeth 80.0 82.0 66.9 45.3 43.1 Lewisham 55.0 51.8 35.4 25.1 25.1 Newham 33.6 37.7 31.4 *16.9 21.4 Southwark 84.9 78.7 50.8 *24.5 32.7 Tower Hamlets 25.7 19.9 15.3 *5.8 10.5 Birmingham 142.4 96.9 74.0 49.4 55.4 Manchester 91.0 94.4 69.1 49.0 51.9 Salford 47.7 44.1 36.9 24.4 28.4 Liverpool 63.1 61.8 57.5 43.4 46.1 * Allocations for 1981–82 to Newham, Southwark and Tower Hamlets include an adjustment for forecast capital receipts from LDDC. † Allocations for these years are not comparable with those for earlier years because from 1 April 1981 authorities have been permitted to increase their HIP allocations by the amount of their housing and non-housing capital receipts (or by the prescribed proportions of those receipts).