§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make it his policy to increase resources available to local authorities for housing expenditure intended to halt the physical deterioration of housing estates.
§ Mr. WaldegraveIt is already Government policy to make additional resources available for the renovation of local authority estates. Gross provision for all local authority capital expenditure on housing in 1988–89 will be £3,048 million, an increase of 4 per cent, over this year and the third successive annual increase. This includes £140 million specifically for Estate Action schemes, which is nearly double the current year's provision.