§ Mr. SoleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make available figures comparable to those in respect of a married couple with two children contained in his Department's paper "Renovation Grants: Proposed Test of Resources", illustrating both the lower and upper thresholds for entitlement to grant towards eligible repairs in respect of(a) a single-parent family with one child under 11, (b) a single pensioner, (c) a pensioner couple, (d) a single person aged between 18 and 25 years, (e) a single person aged between 25 and 60 years and (f) a couple aged between 18 and 60 years on the assumption that all except the pensioner households are entitled to an earnings disregard.
§ Mr. TrippierComparative figures based on work costing £10,000 are:
Lower Threshold £ Upper Threshold £ (a) Single parent family with one child under 11 4,883 13,918 (b) Single pensioner (under 80) 3,331 12,366 (c) Pensioner couple (under 80) 4,560 13,595 (d) Single person aged between 18 and 25 years 2,265 11,690 (e) Single person aged between 25 and 60 3,037 12,270 (f) Couple aged between 18 and 60 years 4,235 13,270
§ Mr. SoleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many households living as owner occupiers in dwellings eligible for renovation grants on grounds of their condition with incomes(a) below £20,000 a year, (b) below 15,000 a year, (c) below 12,000 a year and (d) below £9,000 a year will not qualify for any grant aid towards improvement and repair costs on the basis of 426W the proposals embodied in part VIII of the Local Government and Housing Bill and amplified in his Department's paper "Renovation Grants: Proposed Test of Resources".
§ Mr. TrippierOn the basis of the assumptions contained in the consultation paper "Renovation Grants: Proposed Test of Resources" the estimated numbers of those with net incomes below the levels specified who do not qualify for grant are:
- (a) 1.9 million
- (b) 1.7 million
- (c) 1.2 million
- (d) 0.4 million