§ Mr. Gregoryasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the estimated cost of transferring personnel from the present Property Services agency area works in York, including travelling expenses.
§ Mr. ChopeThe latest management estimate of transfer costs arising from the move of staff from York to Leeds is £363,000 over three years.
§ Mr. Gregoryasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the square footage currently used by the Property Services Agency area works office in York.
§ Mr. Gregoryasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what alternative office accommodation is being considered for the staff currently employed at the Property Services Agency area works office in York; and at what cost per square foot by comparison with existing accommodation.
§ Mr. Jannerasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how much public money has been available to the Leicester city council for the provision and for the improvement, respectively, of public sector housing in each of the last 10 years for which records are available.
§ Mr. John Patten[pursuant to his reply, 28 October 1986]: Local authorities are free to determine how to spend the resources available to them for capital expenditure. My Department does not have information about the total resources available to individual authorities over the past 10 years, which since 1981–82 have included use of the prescribed proportion of capital receipts. The housing investment programme allocations to Leicester city council, which represent permission for the council to borrow money to finance capital expenditure, have been as follows:
£ million 1977–78 19.923 1978–79 22.681 1979–80 20.524 1980–81 17.379 1981–82 17.036 1982–83 18.496 1983–84 17.373 1984–85 18.900 1985–86 15.000 1986–87 13.200 The council's total capital expenditure on housing has been considerably larger, and in 1985–86 was over £28 million.
§ Dr. Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the housing subsidy paid to each London borough, metropolitan district and non-metropolitan district in each of the years from 1978–79 to 1986–87, expressed in constant 1986–87 prices.
§ Mr. Ridley[pursuant to his reply, 23 October 1986]: I am placing in the Library the information requested for the years 1981–82 to 1986–87 inclusive. Information for the years prior to 1981–82, when the present housing subsidy system came into operation, cannot be provided except at undue cost.