§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what account he takes of the capacity of the private sector to provide rented accommodation when determining a local authority's housing investment programme allocation.
§ Sir George YoungThe methodology for distributing housing investment programme allocations to regions and to individual local authorities is decided each year after consultation with the local authority associations. The practice has been to distribute 50 per cent. of the regional totals (40 per cent. in Greater London) on the basis of the generalised needs index and the remainder on the basis of the housing investment programme submissions made each year by local authorities, and the Government's general housing policies. A description of the method ology for 1986–87 will be placed in the Library when the individual allocations are announced.