HC Deb 21 February 1990 vol 167 c756W
48. Mr. Hill

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many extra homes he plans for housing associations to build over the next three years.

76. Mr. Anthony Coombs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what will be the increase in the provision of the Housing Corporation to provide new homes through housing associations over the next three years.

Mr. Chope

In his Autumn Statement my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that provision for the Housing Corporation's gross capital expenditure programme would increase from £815 million in the current year to £1,185 million in 1990–91 and to £1,736 million in 1992–93, doubling over a period of three years. On 30 January my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced at column175 that £120 million would be brought forward from next year's provision to this year's. On the basis of these plans, we expect housing associations, with funds from the Housing Corporation, to be able to provide about 93,000 homes by new build, rehabilitation and acquisition over the next three years.