§ Mr. Win GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list, by district council, the number of applications made for adaptations to the homes of disabled people in each of the last five years; how many adaptations were carried out in each year; and what was the average length of time to complete adaptations from the request for an adaptation to be made to its conclusion.
§ Mr. BaldryThe current system of renovation grants, which was introduced in June 1990 under the Local Government and Housing Act 1989, includes disabled facilities grants. Information about final payments of these grants, which correspond to adaptations carried out, will be shortly published for 1990 and 1991 in "Local Housing Statistics: England and Wales" issue No. 101. An advance copy of the relevant tables has been deposited in the Library.
For earlier periods, payments of improvement and intermediate grants were made for disabled persons' dwellings under the Housing Act 1985. Details ate also shown in "Local Housing Statistics", in the following issues:
- 1987—Issue No. 87, Table 11
- 1988—Issue No. 90, Table 14
- 1989—Issue No. 94, Table 13
- 1990—Issue No. 98, Table 11
Copies of these issues are available in the Library. A table showing payments during 1991 under the 1985 Act has been deposited in the Library.
Figures are not available at district level about the number of applications for grants or about the average length of time to complete work funded by grants.
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§ Mr. Win GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list by district council the number of(a) owner-occupiers and private tenants and (b) council tenants who have applied in each of the last two years for the disabled facilities grant; how many adaptations were carried out in each category; what was the average length of time taken to complete adaptations from the request for an adaptation to be made to its conclusion in each category; and in each category what was the average amount paid by (i) applicants, (ii) district councils and (iii) central Government.
§ Mr. BaldryA table has been deposited in the Library with the available information about payments of disabled facilities grants under the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 during the financial year 1990–91. Figures for the subsequent year are not yet available.
The table shows the numbers of grants paid to owner-occupants and types of tenant and, without an analysis by occupancy, both the average value of grants and the average contribution from the applicant towards the cost of works.
The Department provides a 75 per cent. Exchequer contribution towards local authorities' expenditure in England on disabled facilities grants for owner-occupiers and private tenants. Expenditure on these grants for council tenants is eligible for 100 per cent. subsidy from the housing revenue account.
Figures of the number of applications for grants and the average length of time to complete work funded by grants are not available at district level.