§ Mr. CorbynTo 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. TrippierThe information is as follows: 701W
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.