§ Dr. Godmanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what grants have been allocated by his Department to the Inverclyde district council in each of the past five years for housing improvement projects: and what spending constraints have been imposed on Inverclyde district council during the past five years.
§ Mr. Ancram[pursuant to his reply, 26 February 1986, c. 590]: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 28 January. The amounts spent on the improvement of the council's own housing stock and on improvement and repairs grants to the private sector are dependent on the council's own priorities for expenditure within the HRA and non-HRA capital expenditure blocks respectively. The Government contribute towards the costs incurred by local authorities in giving private sector improvement and repairs grants. The amounts so contributed in the case of Inverclyde district council during the past five years were as follows:
Improvement Repairs Total 1981–82 256,446 25,868 282,314 1982–83 327,774 89,092 416,866 1983–84 470,573 617,257 1,087,830 1984–85 690,415 383,605 1,074,020 1985–86 629,163 651,460 1,280,623 2,374,371 1,767,282 4,141,653