§ Mr. David NicholsonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list, in theOfficial Report, the permitted expenditure limits for house building, repair, renovation and maintenance and the actual expenditure, for each of the Somerset district councils, in the years 1986–87, 1987–88 and 1988–89.
§ Mr. Trippier[holding answer 25 May 1989]: It is for each local authority to decide how its resources should be targeted; the actual expenditure figures are as follows:
Table 1 Somerset—1986–87 outturn £'000 New build (including land) Repair and maintenance Renovation Mendip 2,218 2,545 2,926 Sedgemoor 2,114 2,061 1,263 Taunton Deane 822 3,190 1,893 West Somerset 806 737 443 South Somerset 2,046 2,493 1,424 91W
Table 2 Somerset—1987–88 provisional outturn £'000 New build (including land) Repair and maintenance Renovation Mendip 1,005 1,872 1,435 Sedgemoor 1,682 2,452 2,066 Taunton Deane 718 3,033 2,079 West Somerset 894 425 492 South Somerset 2,065 3,818 1,377
Table 3 Somerset—1988–89 estimated outturn £'000 New build (including land) Repair and maintenance Renovation Mendip 1,010 3,004 1,239 Sedgemoor 3,621 4,078 2,379 Taunton Deane 2,848 4,742 4,085 West Somerset 1,050 650 770 South Somerset 1,732 4,571 3,834