Housing Associations

HC Deb 02 April 1992 vol 222 cc511-2W

Mr. Burden

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Members for Oldham, Central and Royton (Mr. Davies) and for

City challenge area	Population	Area (hectares)	Residential dwellings	Unemployment rate (percentage)	Forecast training weeks 1993–94
	(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(e)
Pacemakers:
Bradford	42,997	1,400	15,184	36.0	17,040
Dearne Valley	76,000	5,750	32,004	16.0	n/a
Lewisham	28,000	494	12,000	20.8	28,300
Liverpool	4,000	138	1,196	27.0	n/a
Manchester	10,000	110	5,375	31.0	n/a
Middlesbrough	40,300	792	15,900	20.0	5,067
Newcastle	35,200	580	20,236	25.0	n/a
Nottingham	25,000	405	10,400	24.4	10,513
Tower Hamlets	13,500	145	4,071	21.8	n/a
Wirral	29,000	683	8,883	29	800
Wolverhampton	22,000	560	6,600	n/a	13,613
Round 2:
Barnsley	17,000	850	n/a	12.5	285
Birmingham	12,000	265	5,000	26.5	3,654
Blackburn	19,500	400	6,000	22.0	4,375
Bolton	19,500	506	7,000	17.0	19,894
Brent	20,000	320	10,000	30.0	20,600

Barrow and Furness (Mr. Hutton) of 24 March, Official Report, column 626, when he expects his Department to complete its assessment of the impact of the proposed reduction in average grant levels to housing associations to 55 per cent. in 1995–96 on averge weekly rents for housing association tenants.

Mr. Baldry

Our consideration of evidence put forward by the Housing Corporation, the National Federation of Housing Associations and others about grant rates in 1994–95 and beyond is continuing. Final decisions about grant rates for 1995–96 would not normally be taken until late 1994.