HC Deb 14 January 1987 vol 108 c189W
Mr. Tony Banks (Newham, North West)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been the housing investment programme allocation for the London borough of Newham for each of the last five years.

Mr. Tracey

[pursuant to his reply 13 January 1987]: The housing investment programme allocations for the London borough of Newham for each of the last five years are given in the table:

Allocations £m Expenditure £m
1986–87 21.699 147,224
1985–86 21.574 28.849
1984–85 23.310 40.979
1983–84 20.361 33.238
1982–83 22.162 17.542
1Estimated.

Since 1981–82 local authorities have, in addition to their HIP allocations, been able to increase their capital spending power by a prescribed proportion of their receipts from sales of assets, including council houses. The table therefore also gives, for comparison, Newham's total capital expenditure on housing in those years.