HOUSING FOR THE HOMELESS: SPENDING OF CAPITAL RECEIPTS

HL Deb 30 April 1985 vol 463 cc228-9WA

Lord Hylton

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will relax the restrictions on the spending of capital receipts by those local authorities that have immediate plans for repairing, improving or building accommodation for homeless people, whether directly or by assistance to housing associations.

Lord Skelmersdale

No. The revised rules on the use of capital receipts introduced for 1985–86 are essential if local authority capital spending is to be kept to the levels allowed for in the Government's public expenditure plans.