HC Deb 13 April 1989 vol 150 cc661-2W
Mr. Jack Ashley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in theOfficial Report the formula that was used to allocate to individual authorities the £15 million package for repairs to defective homes.

Mr. Trippier

As in previous years, the £15 million set aside for 1989–90 to help authorities meet their housing defects obligations was first divided between regions in proportion to the number of owners still eligible for assistance as at 1 April 1988. We then looked at the circumstances of individual authorities, and the proposals that they put forward.