§ 101. Mr. Cohen (Leyton)To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment by how much housing investment programme allocations for London have been reduced for 1989–90 from 1988–89, in real terms; and why.
§ Mr. TrippierThe total for basic HIP allocations in London for 1989–90 is £289.891 million. In real terms this amounts to 74.4 per cent. of that for 1988–89. London received 33.2 per cent. of the national total, the same proportion as for 1988–89. Although the net total for HIP allocations has reduced, capital receipts from sales of council housing have increased substantially, and gross provision nationally for local authority housing capital expenditure in 1989–90 is £3,303 million, an increase of 15 per cent. on previous plans.