HC Deb 12 May 1986 vol 97 cc356-7W
Mr. Raynsford

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table showing the total number of council dwellings coming into management, including newly built, acquired, modernised or converted dwellings, for each of the standard regions and for England in the years 1983–84 and 1984–85, with an estimate for 1985–86 and 1986–87.

Sir George Young

The aggregates of figures supplied by local authorities in their 1984 and 1985 housing investment programme returns are as follows. The authorities are not asked to submit forward estimates, nor are any estimates made by my Department.

Dwellings coming into local authority management
Region April 1983 to March 1984 April 1984 to March 1985
North 3,754 4,334
Yorkshire and Humberside 4,273 4,313
East Midlands 3,787 3,279
East Anglia 1,440 1,794
South East: Greater London 7,801 6,629
Rest 8,164 8,885
South-West 3,467 3,540
West Midlands 3,359 3,535
North-West 5,408 5,063
England 41,453 41,372

Mr. Raynsford

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the value of the Exchequer subsidies and rate fund contributions, respectively, to English local authority housing revenue account dwellings in total and on a per dwelling basis for the years 1978–79 to 1985–86 with an estimate for 1986–87.

Special grants Repairs grants
Mandatory to private landlords and HAs To private landlords and HAs All grants Mandatory grants
Number of houses Number of dwellings
1981* 280 610 4,889 450
1982 1,000 3,140 28,696 1,780
1983 1,100 9,310 113,065 4,200
1984 1,600 13,200 116,146 5,760
1985 1,750 10,440 55,479 6,390
Mandatory special and repairs grants were introduced by the Housing Act 1980.
* April to December.
Provisional.