§ Mr. HeddleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, further to his answer to the hon. Member for Mid-Staffordshire of 26 May,Official Report, column 792, on the subject of grants under section 29 of the Housing Act 1988, what progress has been made and what discussion he has had with (a) the Lichfield district council. (b) the Stafford borough council and (c) the Cannock Chase district council.
§ Mr. HowardTwenty-nine local authority cash incentive schemes have now been approved, and others are under consideration. The Department has written to the councils mentioned but none has submitted a scheme for approval.