§ Mr. HeddleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he has any plans to extend his Department's Estate Action scheme to housing associations and housing societies.
§ Mr. TrippierNo. Funds for the improvement or repair of registered housing association stock are made available by the Housing Corporation within its annual development programme approved by Ministers. For the future, rent deregulation will progressively enable associations to provide for repair work out of their own income and to raise private finance for other projects.