§ Mr. Chris Smithasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will list the total number and amounts of renovation grants paid to (a) private landlords and (b) private tenants in (i) England, (ii) Wales and (iii) London in each calendar year since 1980 by type of grant;
(2) if he will list the total number and amount of special grants paid to private landlords in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) London in each calendar year since 1969.
§ Sir George YoungThe available estimated figures are as follows:
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Renovation grants paid: by type of grant and type of recipient Number of dwellings Amount(£thousand) Private owners Tenants Owner occupiers Land-lords & HA's Private sector Public sector Private owners Tenants Conversion and improvement grants (i) England 1980 56,250 9,370 190 10 120,412 420 1981 41,410 7,360 340 30 118,363 898 1982 45,870 8,320 260 280 184,621 1,246 1983 66,440 10,890 470 1,730 314,062 4,650 1984 66,800 12,610 680 3,870 397,091 16,749 (ii) London 1980 7,840 1,570 20 — 14,642 48
Number of dwellings Amount(£thousand) Private owners Tenants Owner occupiers Land-lords & HA's Private sector Public sector Private owners Tenants 1981 5,300 1,340 60 — 15,196 145 1982 4,550 1,240 30 10 22,139 92 1983 5,590 1,220 80 50 31,531 685 1984 7,160 1,850 70 60 53,928 381 (iii) Wales 1982 4,620 210 220 — 14,864 924 1983 6,670 300 260 — 26,392 1,417 1984 7,540 420 320 60 39,459 1,905 Intermediate grants (i) England 1980 6,530 1,490 20 — 5,994 23 1981 11,550 2,400 230 120 21,030 412 1982 15,330 3,310 280 360 38,381 720 1983 19,870 4,540 370 870 59,260 1,435 1984 20,700 4,960 410 880 73,754 1,935 (ii) London 1980 680 240 — — 726 — 1981 1,440 350 50 40 3,348 124 1982 2,160 530 70 90 6,656 205 1983 3,050 730 70 260 10,991 411 1984 3,040 880 60 210 13,413 512 (iii) Wales 1982 1,110 40 40 — 2,352 97 1983 1,550 40 60 — 4,227 169 1984 2,420 80 80 10 6,925 276 Repair grants England 1980 500 10 — — 375 — 1981 4,410 620 20 — 6,711 29 1982 25,400 3,140 150 — 53,824 359 1983 103,290 9,310 460 10 270,059 1,266 1984 102,530 13,200 380 40 339,925 1,999 (ii) London 1980 70 — — — 82 — 1981 510 150 — — 969 820 1982 2,850 760 90 — 8,673 242
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Authority Scheme Amount (£) Calderdale MBC Sowerby bridge stone cleaning programme 15,000 Boneyard reclamation works 8,500 Halifax employment action area 91,750 Rochdale canal environmental and access improvements 121,116 Kirklees MBC Moorlands small business centre 177,500 Enterprise centre, Scout hill 240,000 Mill Street industrial regeneration area 11,425 Milnsbridge environmental enhancement programme (Phase I) 7,500 Industrial regeneration areas 56,118 Kirklees development grant 1985 bid 37,500 West Yorkshire CC George street improvements Milnsbridge 70,785 Emphasis county workshops, Dewsbury 102,400 Clifton road county workshops, Brighouse 5,050 Macpelah works, Hebden bridge 3,800 Ossett workshops 4,400 Hawcliffe works, Oxenhope 2,613 Raistrick's scrapyard, Bradford 2,338 Dockfield road access, Shipley 8,250 Butterfields Industrial estate, Shipley 4,950 Becks Road improvement Keighley 22,385 Lower Sunnybank mill, Meltham 4,125 Providence works, Batley 5,500 Marsden Goods yard industrial workshops units 99,275 Gresley road, Keighley 16,500 Parkwood street access, Keighley 5,680
Number of dwellings Amount(£thousand) Private owners Tenants Owner occupiers Land-lords & HA's Private sector Public sector Private owners Tenants 1983 13,270 2,060 150 10 45,068 417 1984 25,030 3,520 60 — 101,379 218 (iii) Wales 1982 4,630 40 40 — 7,857 80 1983 18,070 130 200 — 40,169 899 1984 18,240 470 290 — 52,025 914
Special grants to owners of houses in multiple occupation Number of houses Amount (£ thousand) England London Wales England London Wales 1973 320 190 NA 56 26 NA 1974 260 160 NA 55 25 NA 1975 380 110 NA 159 17 NA 1976 200 130 NA 50 25 NA 1977 320 200 NA 60 27 NA 1978 120 80 NA 44 30 NA 1979 120 60 NA 46 20 NA 1980 110 50 NA 79 25 NA 1981 440 220 NA 708 338 NA 1982 1,320 620 10 3,007 1,369 2 1983 1,590 730 — 4,758 2,187 — 1984 2,040 1,060 10 7,930 4,447 14 Notes: Figures include estimates of missing returns: numbers of grants are rounded to the nearest 10.
NA Information not available.
—Fewer than 5 grants paid in the year.