§ Mrs. PeacockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the standard spending assessment for housing for Kirklees metropolitan council for 1991–92; and what it was for 1990–91.
§ Mr. Key[holding answer 15 February 1991]: There is no standard spending assessment for housing. Government support for local authority rented accommodation is provided directly through the housing revenue account subsidy system. Other housing costs which fall to be met by local authorities are taken into account within the all other services SSA element. These include the provision of bed-and-breakfast accommodation for the homeless, administration of housing benefit and the proportion of housing benefit payments not met directly 9W by central Government subsidy, management of housing improvement areas and the administration of improvement grants.