HC Deb 26 July 1984 vol 64 cc803-4W
Mr. Park

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will (a) give the amount of expenditure on (i) repairs, (ii) improvement, (iii) conversion and (iv) standard amenity grants in each local authority district in England in the financial years from 1979–80 to 1983–84 and (b) show how much of this expenditure was given to owner occupiers, landlords and private developers;

(2) if he will give (a) the total numbers of repairs grants, improvement grants and other grants made in England to each local authority district in the financial years from 1979–80 to 1983–84 and (b) show how many of these were made to owner occupiers, landlords and private developers, respectively.

Sir George Young

Numbers of the different types of grant as reported by English local authorities to my Department are published regularly for calendar years in the quarterly "Local Housing Statistics", copies of which are available in the Library. From time to time, revised figures are published incorporating late returns.

The relevant issues are as follows:

Issue No.
1979 53–55,57
1980 57, 58, 61
1981 65
1982 69
1983 69

I shall write to the hon. Member giving the corresponding amounts of grants paid.

A breakdown of the numbers and amounts of grants between owner-occupiers, landlords and tenants could be provided only at disproportionate cost. In England over the five years, about 85 per cent. of the grants paid were to owner-occupiers, between 1 and 2 per cent. to tenants and the rest to landlords. These grants are not available to private developers.