§ Mr. Jannerasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many envelope schemes have been approved nationally since the introduction of the envelope scheme in 1982; and how many dwellings they include.
§ Mr. TraceySince 1982 a total of 106 enveloping schemes have been approved in England covering over 10,500 dwellings.
§ Mr. Jannerasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the average time in weeks taken between receipt of an application for an envelope scheme by a regional office of his Department and the issuing of a decision on it.
§ Mr. TraceySince current procedures were adopted in 1984 the average time has been 18 weeks. The time taken for the last six schemes has been 11 weeks.
§ Mr. Jannerasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many envelope schemes have been completed; how many dwellings are included in them; and what expenditure has been incurred.
§ Mr. TraceyA total of 63 approved enveloping schemes have been completed since 1982. Information is not 159W currently available on the number of dwellings and expenditure incurred specifically in completed schemes, but total expenditure on enveloping since 1982 has been £45 million up to 30 September 1986.
§ Mr. Jannerasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the distribution of completed envelope schemes; and what are the numbers of completed schemes between authorities.
§ Mr. TraceyThe following table shows the distribution of approved enveloping schemes in England completed as at 1 February 1987:
Local authority Number completed Allerdale D.C. 2 Birmingham C.C. 18 Lambeth L.B. 1 Leeds C.C. 1 Leicester C.C. 13 Middlesbrough B.C. 1 Oldham M.B.C. 2 Peterborough C.C. 2 Rochdale M.B.C. 7 Sandwell M.B.C. 1 Sheffield C.C. 1 Stockport M.B.C. 7 Trafford M.B.C. 6 Wolverhampton M.B.C. 1 Total 63