§ Mr. Wallerasked the Secretary of State for the Environment when he proposes to issue to the local authority associations consultation papers on housing subsidy for 1983–84.
§ Mr. HeseltineMy right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales and I have issued consultation papers today. The first concerns the Government's proposals for calculating the increase in the amount of the local contribution which local authorities will be expected to find from local sources in arriving at their entitlement to housing subsidy for 1983–84. The second concerns the amount of management and maintenance expenditure to be treated as reckonable for housing subsidy purposes in 1983–84. Copies of the papers have been placed in the Vote Office and in the Libraries of both Houses.