§ Mr. Chris Smithasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what provisions exist under the housing association grant system for the payment of compensation to tenants of housing associations where major renovation or repair works are carried out while tenants remain in occupation; whether payments of compensation money could be capitalised as part of the development costs of the repair project; and whether he has any plans to encourage housing associations to provide adequate and acceptable levels of compensation to tenants for inconvenience and distress suffered.
§ Sir George YoungThe system of housing association grant does not provide for such compensation and I see no case for capitalising payments which associations choose to make. The system makes provision for compensation where work causes sufficient inconvenience to warrant rehousing of tenants.