HC Deb 22 May 1991 vol 191 cc514-7W
Mr. Wigley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list those local housing authorities in England who have put forward schemes under the Housing Act 1988 to provide council tenants with a cash grant to help them buy a home in the private sector; how many houses have been purchased to date under the provisions in each of those district council areas; what was the minimum and maximum level of grants paid to each area; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Yeo

Local authority cash incentive schemes can be a valuable means of helping tenants into home ownership while releasing vacancies for reletting to homeless people. Table 1 lists schemes approved to date and gives the maximum grant payable under each scheme. Further schemes for 1991–92 are under consideration.

Authorities report annually on the outturn of their schemes. Table 2 gives the number of properties bought with assistance under 1989–90 schemes and average grants paid: information on maximum and minimum grants paid is not readily available. Reports on 1990–91 schemes are still being received.

Table 1
£ thousands
Local authority 1989–90 Maximum grant available 1990–91 Maximum grant available 1991–92 Maximum grant available
Eastern
Aylesbury Vale 11.000 20.000 24.000
Broxbourne 28.000
Colchester 10.000 20.000 20.000
Dacorum 25.000
East Hertfordshire 27.500
Harlow 10.000 10.000
Huntingdon 13.000
North Hertfordshire 14.000
Luton 13.000 13.000 15.000
Maldon 12.500
Peterborough 5.000 5.000
Rochford 11.250 11.250 26.700
St. Albans 13.000 25.000 25.000
South Buckinghamshire 11.000 11.000
Southend 15.000 15.000
South Norfolk 13.000
Stevenage 15.000
Three Rivers 7.000 7.000
Watford 12.000 13.500 15.000
East Midlands
Amber Valley 5.000
Charnwood 10.000
Daventry 10000
East Northants. 6.000 6.000
South Kesteven 8.000 8.000
London
Barnet 20.000 20.000
Brent 20.000 20.000
Bromley 13.000 13.000 13.000
Camden 20.000 25.000
Croydon 13.000 22.000 22.500
Ealing 13.000 15.000 22.000
Enfield 20.000 20.000
Hackney 20.000 20.000
Hammersmith and Fulham 18.000 20.000
Haringey 20.000 20.000
Harrow 12.500 25.000 25.000
Havering 13.000 16.000 16.000
Hillingdon 26.554 26.554
Hounslow 15.000 20.000
Islington 25.000 25–000
Kensington and Chelsea 25.000 33.000
Kingston upon Thames 20.000
Lambeth 20.000 20.000
Lewisham 15.000 15.000
London
Merton 27.000 28.000
Redbridge 28.000 28.000
Richmond 25.000 20.000
Southwark 10.000 15.000
Sutton 18.000
Tower Hamlets 21.000
Waltham Forest 25.000
Wandsworth 13.000 22.000 22.000
Westminster 13.000 20.000 20.000
South East
Adur 10.000 10.000 16.000
Arun 10.000 10.000 10.000
Basingstoke and Deane 25.000
Bracknell 22.500
Brighton 20.000 20.000
Canterbury 22.500 24.500
Cherwell 12.500 10.000
Chichester 24.000
Dartford 24.000
Dover 22.000 22.000
Eastbourne 20.000
Local authority 1989–90 Maximum grant available 1990–91 Maximum grant available 1991–92 Maximum grant available
East Hampshire 10.000 25.000
Eastleigh 21.600
Elmbridge 20.000 20.000
Fareham 21.495 21.000
Gillingham 8.000 15.000 15.000
Guildford 28.800
Gosport 18.000
Gravesham 10.000 10.000 10.000
Hart 8.000 25.000 25.000
Hastings 10.000 10.000
Havant 15.000 15.000
Horsham 17.000 17.000
Hove 20.000 20.000
Lewes 10.000
Maidstone 25.000 25.000
Mole Valley 25.000
New Forest 10.000 17.000 15.000
Oxford 15.000 15.000
Portsmouth 20.000 15.000
Reading 20.000 25.000
Reigate and Banstead 20.000 20.000
Rochester 8.000
Rother 23.000 23.000
Runnymede 14.000 20.000
Rushmoor 8.000 12.000 15.000
Shepway 13.000 21.600 20.800
Slough 13.000 13.000 12.5000
Southampton 15.000 15.000
South East
Spelthorne 12.000 24.000 24.000
Tandridge 12.000 12.000 12.000
Test Valley 10.000 10.000 10.000
Thanet 20.000
Tonbridge and Mailing 25.000
Tunbridge Wells 12.000 24.000 22.000
Vale of White Horse 15.000 15–000
Wealden 6.000 20.000 20.000
West Oxfordshire 20–000
Woking 13.500 25.000
Wokingham 25.000
Worthing 15.000 15.000
South West
Bournemouth 10.000
Carrick 5.000 10.000
Exeter 10.000 10.000
Kennet 10.000 10.000 10.000
Mendip 10.000 10.000 10.000
North Cornwall 7.500 7.500
North Wiltshire 10.000
Poole 7.500 7.500 8.500
Purbeck 10.000
Salisbury 10.000
South Somerset 10.000
Stroud 10.000
Taunton Deane 10.000 10.000
Teignbridge 7.500 7.500
Woodspring 10.000
West Midlands
Malvern Hills 10.000
Solihull 8.000
Stafford 10.000
Wyre Forest 10.000
Yorkshire and Humberside
Hambleton 10.000 10.000
Table 2
Local Authority 1989–90 Schemes
Average grant paid (£) Properties purchased
Eastern
Aylesbury Vale 11.0 1 (1)
Colchester 8.3 9 (9)
Harlow 8.3 3 (1)
Luton 0.0 0 (0)
Rochford 10.0 1 (1)
St. Albans 13.0 1 (0)
South Buckingham 9.0 1 (1)
Watford 0.0 0 (0)
East Midlands
South Kesteven 6.6 8 (8)
London
Bromley 10.5 92 (52)
Croydon 13.0 1 (0)
Ealing 10.8 39 (19)
Harrow 12.5 16 (8)
Havering 11.5 20 (8)
Wandsworth 11.4 29 (5)
Westminster 12.8 55 (0)
South East
Adur 10.0 12 (12)
Arun 10.0 1 (0)
Gillingham 8.0 2 (1)
Gravesham 10.0 1 (0)
Hart 8.0 1 (1)
New Forest 7.4 9 (7)
Rochester 6.2 5 (1)
Rushmoor 7.0 2 (0)
Shepway 10.4 4 (3)
Slough 12.0 2 (0)
Spelthorne 0.0 0 (0)
Tandridge 12.0 12 (2)
Test Valley 10.0 3 (1)
Tunbridge Wells 11.0 2 (2)
Wealden 6.0 4 (2)
South West
Kennet 10.0 3 (3)
Mendip 10.0 12 (7)
North Cornwall 7.5 2 (2)
Poole 5.5 4 (3)
Taunton Deane 8.8 24 (20)
Teignbridge 7.5 1 (0)

Note: Numbers in parentheses relate to properties purchased within the boundary of the local authority.