HC Deb 22 February 1989 vol 147 cc700-1W
Mr. Corbyn

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what amount was spent by English local authorities on(a) mandatory home improvement grants and (b) discretionary home improvement grants in the financial years 1978–79 to 1988–89.

Mr. Trippier

The information is as follows:

Local authority capital expenditure on home improvement grants
England mandatory £ million discretionary Total
1978–79 1.. 1.. 90
1979–80 1.. 1.. 120
1980–81 1.. 1.. 129
1981–82 49 148 197
1982–83 72 353 425
1983–84 99 812 911
1984–85 126 608 734
1985–86 117 342 459
1986–87 98 297 395
1987–88 81 290 2371
1988–89 97 286 3383
1.. Not available.
2Provisional.
3 Estimated by local authorities in April 1988 for HIP2 returns.