§ Mr. Raynsfordasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will estimate the number of repair and special grants to private landlords in the years 1979 to 1985 which were mandatory grants.
§ Sir George YoungThe available data for England are as follows:
letting on a fair rent for each of the regions and for England as a whole in the years 1976–77 to 1985–86, and giving an estimate for 1986–87.
§ Sir George YoungThe available information covers all dwellings newly built or rehabilitated for housing associations and is as follows. It is not the practice for make forecasts for future years.
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Renovations of dwellings owned by housing associations* Number of dwellings North Yorkshire & Humberside East Midlands East Anglia Greater London Rest of South East South West West Midlands North West England 1976–77 260 182 930 3 12,276 91 421 1,248 3.264 18,675 1977–78 681 936 375 149 8,843 49 360 1,338 3,994 16,725 1978–79 929 512 609 84 7,386 502 437 1,653 2,047 14,159 1979–80 2,429 1,606 973 46 5,554 959 370 1,683 2,052 15,672 1980–81 1,782 828 886 82 4,095 362 641 2,161 3,596 14,433 1981–82 1,624 953 699 156 3,245 317 458 1,411 3,245 12,108 1982–83 1,917 1,251 986 300 4,096 482 585 1,568 4,912 16,097 1983–84 1,746 1,262 983 141 5,686 845 457 2,120 2,860 16,100 1984–85 1,133 1,006 1,126 95 5,692 973 735 1,770 3,302 †15,894 1985–86‡ 851 663 471 49 2,572 474 252 910 2,020 8,262 * Dwellings in work approved up to 1977 and in work completed from 1978. Including improvement for sale from 1981. Including hostel bedspaces provided up to 1984. † Regional location of 62 dwellings in England total was not reported. ‡ First three quarters (provisional).
New Dwellings completed for housing associations* Number of dwellings North Yorkshire & Humberside East Midlands East Anglia Greater London Rest of South East South West West Midlands North West England 1976–77 1,826 1,356 1,413 523 2,205 2,601 1,427 2,160 1,719 15,230 1977–78 1,823 2,505 2,345 1,172 2,509 6,285 2,420 2,473 3,241 24,773 1978–79 1,388 1,841 2,296 531 1,521 3,944 2,022 2,907 3,438 19,888 1979–80 1,000 1,517 1,191 990 1,780 3,549 1,532 2,647 2,532 16,738 1980–81 1,017 2,106 1,161 1,228 2,186 4,502 1,141 3,384 3,037 19,762 1981–82 1,316 1,093 1,815 978 2,034 2,156 1,091 1,783 2,649 14,915 1982–83 622 1,355 1,069 496 1,693 1,700 652 1,309 1,513 10,409 1983–84 1,482 1,012 1,466 480 1,455 2,063 946 1,996 3,318 14,218 1984–85 1,268 972 1,215 656 1,267 1,871 907 1,807 2,995 12,958 1985–86* 1,055 1,186 675 386 1,006 1,563 683 1,274 2,150 9,978 * (provisional). Note: Hostels not included.