§ Mr. NorrisTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what bids he has received from the London borough of Hackney for the estate action programme 1992–93; what estates were covered by the bid and at what cost to each; and what order of priority was identified by Hackney council in the bid.
§ Mr. YeoHackney has set its estate action bids for 1992–93 in the context of the strategy of its comprehensive estates initiative, which covers five of its worst large panel system-built estates.
651WThe 1992–93 bids are for three of those estates, as follows:
£ Clapton Park 2,750,000 Trowbridge 4,427,000 New Kingshold 600,000 The bids are not individually prioritised. They will be considered in competition with other bids made to my Department by other authorities and, if they progress, they will do so subject to progress being achieved on a number of factors which are set out in the estate action guidelines. Regard will also be had to the progress of the wider comprehensive estates initiative, which is the subject of continuing discussions between my Department and the council.