§ Mr. Woodallasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will consider an early announcement on housing improvement grant allocation to councils for 1984–85.
§ Sir George YoungHousing investment programme allocations are made as a single block to each local authority. It is for authorities themselves to decide what proportion of the resources available to them to spend on home improvement grants. HIP allocations for 1984–85 will be announced very soon.