HC Deb 08 June 1992 vol 209 c27W
Mr. Lewis

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give(a) the total number of completed transfers under the tenants incentive scheme completed to date and (b) the total amount of money paid out to date under the scheme.

Mr. Baldry

Since its introduction in July 1990, the Housing Corporation's tenants incentive scheme has helped more than 4,800 housing association tenants move out into homes of their own with grants totalling more than £60 million.

Mr. Lewis

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been the total amount of money allocated to the Housing Corporation for the tenants incentive scheme since its inception.

Mr. Baldry

A total of £110 million, including £44 million for the current financial year, has been allocated to the tenants incentive scheme in the Housing Corporation's approved development programme in the three years since its inception.