§ Ms. PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether the Housing Corporation has given the south-west housing associations permission to bring money forward from 1990–91 into the current financial year to pay urgent bills.
§ Mr. ChopeMy right hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced on 30 January 1990,Official Report, column 175, that the capital resources available to the Housing Corporation in 1989–90 would be increased by £120 million, with a corresponding reduction in 1990–91, to reflect a greater speeding up of housing schemes by housing associations than had been forecast. This will enable the Housing Corporation to meet equitably the inescapable commitments of housing associations across all regions for the rest of the financial year.