§ Mr. Allenasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the Nottingham housing investment programme bids and the allocation each year since 1979 at constant 1987 prices.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThe position has changed since 1979, in that local housing authorities nationally now fund more than half their capital expenditure from capital receipts, rather than from housing investment programme allocations made by the Department.
The proposed capital programme shown by authorities in their HIP submissions cannot therefore be compared directly with their HIP allocations.
Since 1979 the final HIP allocations made to Nottingham city council, and their total capital expenditure on housing, have been as follows:
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1987–88 prices HIP allocation Expenditure £ million £ million 1979–80 42.959 41.890 1980–81 29.211 29.687 1981–82 21.900 26.381 1982–83 24.778 30.831
1987–88 prices HIP allocation Expenditure £ million £ million 1983–84 18.985 32.845 1984–85 17.355 32.449 1985–86 15.056 27.027 1986–87 13.466 239.701 1987–88 111.091 1 Initial HIP allocation. 2 Estimated by the authority on form HIP2 in July 1986.