§ Mr. WelshTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, what was(a) the total expenditure and (b) the additional specific allocation for tackling homelessness which was provided in the latest financial year with a breakdown by (i) region and (ii) local authority.
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§ Mr. BaldryTotal capital expenditure on measures for tackling homelessness is not separately identifiable. However, in 1990–91 and 1991–92 the Government made £300 million available to local authorities and housing associations in the areas of England with the highest homelessness pressure for schemes to create permanent lettings. A total of £236 million of this was allocated to local authorities. An additional £11 million was allocated in 1991–92 for local authority cash incentive schemes to release council properties for homeless families. These measures seem likely to produce more than 17,000 new lettings. The latest available figures for 1990–91 outturn and 1991–92 allocations, (excluding the additional cash incentive allocation which is not separately identifiable), are given in the table.
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Homelessness SCA allocations Authority 1990–91 1991–92 Outturn Allocation (£'000) (£'000) London Barnet 414 620 Bexley 1,031 — Brent 4,593 5,278 Bromley 436 1,000 Camden 5,891 5,983 Croydon 2,562 3,331 Ealing 3,825 4,549 Enfield 1,988 2,433 Greenwich 3,392 3,109 Hackney 4,884 4,762 Hammersmith 4,132 4,506 Haringey 5,261 6,576 Harrow 1,000 950 Havering 27 250 Hillingdon 2,250 2,317 Hounslow 2,727 2,832 Islington 4,832 5,033 Kensington 2,491 3,424 Kingston 1,300 700 Lambeth 4,252 5,260 Lewisham 2,771 2,568 Merton 500 500 Newham 4,809 4,176 Redbridge 500 440 Richmond 1,243 1,120 Southwark 4,.008 3,771 Sutton 459 1,020 Tower Hamlets 4,043 4,113 Waltham Forest 2,067 2,943 Wandsworth 3,075 2,925 Westminster 4,174 4,511 Total 84,937 91,000 South East Adur — 134 Arun 80 80 Ashford — 120 Basingstoke 199 — Bracknell — 150 Brighton 808 983 Canterbury 437 220 Chichester — 150 Crawley — 202 Cherwell 80 100 Dartford — 200 Dover 186 1,013 Eastbourne 243 300 East Hampshire 425 350 Eastleigh — 200 Elmbridge 130 180 Fareham 238 175 Gillingham 282 321 Gosport 400 300 Guildford 688 378
Authority 1990–91 1991–92 Outturn Allocation (£'000) (£'000) Hart 150 175 Hastings 526 424 Havant 590 285 Horsham 194 200 Hove 100 200 Lewes 80 150 Maidstone 215 450 Mole Valley — 200 Newbury — 57 New Forest 940 720 Oxford 391 556 Portsmouth 1,884 1,360 Reading 522 610 Reigate 760 165 Rother 242 200 Runnymede 100 100 Rushmoor 281 457 Sevenoaks — 368 Shepway 413 243 Slouth 44 500 Southampton 567 1,306 South Oxford 130 177 South Wight 73 — Spelthorne 700 165 Swale — 200 Tandridge — 192 Test Valley 388 200 Thanet 250 290 Tunbridge Wells 360 600 Vale of White Horse 115 120 Waverley — 220 Wealden 150 220 West Oxford 95 47 Windsor 313 220 Winchester 60 29 Woking 165 200 Wokingham 28 200 Worthing 529 255 15,549 17,616 Eastern Aylesbury Vale 500 120 Basildon 485 438 Braintree 280 564 Brentwood — 10 Broxbourne 439 — Colchester 700 500 Dacorum — 500 East Herts 250 315 Harlow 500 750 Luton 685 500 Milton Keynes 700 — North Bedfordshire 135 379 North Hertfordshire — 100 Rochford — 270 St. Albans — 740 South Bedfordshire 330 108 Southend 656 403 Stevenage 660 525 Tendring 185 40 Three Rivers — 50 Thurrock 110 92 Watford — 120 6,615 6,524