HC Deb 07 June 1989 vol 154 c170W
Mr. Battle

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list each local authority which has applied to his Department under the Housing Act 1988, section 129, for approval for a scheme providing cash incentives for their existing tenants to purchase homes elsewhere; and if he will list for each such scheme submitted to his Department for approval(a) the total amount of cash which would be made available per annum for the scheme, (b) the total number of households which would be eligible each year for assistance, (c) the minimum level of assistance which the scheme would provide per household, (d) the maximum level of assistance which the scheme would provide per household, (e) the criteria which would be used to select which households would be assisted and (f) the criteria which would be used to select which properties they would be assisted to buy.

Mr. Trippier

The table sets out the local authorities which have sought approval for schemes in 1989–90, the maximum expenditure to be incurred, and the grants to be made available to households. Most of the schemes are limited to tenants of family houses, and in some cases the grant to be paid varies according to the size of the property vacated; it will be for each authority to determine which tenants to assist if the number of eligible applicants exceeds the funds available. The choice of a new home is left to the recipient of the grant, subject to a price limit.

Local authority Maximum expenditure £ Maximum number of households assisted Grant for each household £
Adur 80,000 8 10,000
Arun1 50,000 5 10,000
Bromley1 1,000,000 100 10–13,000
Carrick1 100,000 20 5,000
Colchester1 150,000 20 10,000
Croydon1 650,000 50 13,000
Ealing 1,500,000 70 15,000
Hammersmith/Fulham 200,000 30 5–10,000
Haringey1 500,000 38 13,000
Harrow1 200,000 16 12,500
Hart1 100,000 12 8,000
Havering 350,000 35 10,000
Hillingdon 250,000 16 15,000
Leominster Details awaited
Mendip1 80,000 21 10,000
New Forest1 250,000 30 7–9,000
North Beds 100,000 13 7,000
North Cornwall1 70,000 13 7,500
Rochester1 200,000 15 6–8,000
Rushmoor1 50,000 6 7–8,000
Shepway1 100,000 8 13,000
Slough1 500,000 30 18,000
South Bucks1 66,000 6 9–11,000
St. Albans 150,000 12 13,000
Taunton Deane1 275,000 35 10,000
Test Valley1 250,000 25 10,000
Tunbridge Wells1 200,000 20 10,000
Wandsworth1 2,000,000 150 13,000
Wealden1 60,000 10 6,000
Westminster 1,500,000 100 15,000
1 Approved schemes.