HC Deb 10 March 1989 vol 148 cc49-51W
Mr. Bradley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether Manchester's share of the national

(a) (b) (c)
County Number of local authority sites at 1 January 1985 Number of caravans on local authority sites1 Number of caravans on private sites1
Bedfordshire 5 81 3
Cambridgeshire 5 183 146
Essex 7 134 45
Hertfordshire 8 137 18
Lincolnshire 4 120 10
Norfolk 2 49 21
Suffolk 2 72 71
1 Based on 17 July 1985 count.

Applications for designation under section 12 of the 1968 Act, as amended, as at 1 May 1985 were as follows:

(a) (b)
Applications pending Applications granted
Bedfordshire South Bedfordshire
Luton
Cambridgeshire Huntingdon
Essex
Hertfordshire Watford
Lincolnshire Boston
Lincoln CB
West Lindsey
Norfolk
Suffolk Babergh
Ipswich
Mid Suffolk
Suffolk Coastal

Mr. Paice

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many(a) local authority and (b) authorised private, individual sites under section 6 of the Caravan Sites Act 1968 exist in each of the district council areas in Cambridgeshire.

Mr. Trippier

Details of sites and numbers of caravans in each of the district council areas in Cambridgeshire as at 1 January 1989 are as follows:

total available for a transitional housing revenue account subsidy in 1990–91 will be based on the rate fund contribution in 1988–89, or the average of contributions over the three years 1986–87, 1987–88 and 1988–89.

Mr. Trippier

The consultation paper "A New Financial Regime for Local Authority Housing in England and Wales" proposed that housing revenue account subsidy for 1990–91 should reflect, among other things, the average rate fund contributions over the three years 1986–87, 1987–88 and 1988–89. A number of comments were received on this proposal and these are being considered.

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