HC Deb 25 November 1992 vol 214 cc670-2W
Mr. Ronnie Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table showing the(a) gross and (b) net capital allocation in outturn figures for local authority housing in each district council in the north-east, expressed as a cost per dwelling unit; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Baldry

The table shows the allocation of annual capital guideline and estate action resources in 1992–93 to local authorities in the Northern region and expresses this as an amount per local authority dwelling (based on 1991 estimates). Allocations reflect the varying condition of local authority stock throughout the region, and the impact of targetting resources on the worst housing estates through the estate action programme.

The table does not include resources allocated during the year under other special initiatives such as the rural housing initiative and "Living over the Shop", which are channelled through the local authority to enable housing associations to develop new or improved dwellings. Allocations are also made to local authorities to deal with the improvement of the private sector stock.

1992–93 Annual Capital Guideline, Estate Action new and continuation resources, and Energy Efficiency Programme 1991 Local authority stock Allocations per local authority dwelling
Local authority £ thousands Number £
South Tyneside 5,276 26,483 199
Stockton on Tees 6,451 16,750 385
Sunderland 15,315 47,077 325
Teesdale 246 1,227 200
Tynedale 633 4,218 150
Wansbeck 1,087 8,234 132
Wear Valley 1,562 7,007 223
TOTALS 101,710 332,128 306

Mr. Betts

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the raising borrowing limits on local authority housing activity in real terms for the financial years 1979–80 to date, excluding the use of capital receipts.

Mr. Baldry

[holding answer 16 November 1992]: The available information, which relates to housing investment programme (HIP) allocations, is given below. The figures for the years up to 1989–90 are borrowing approvals for housing capital expenditure. Changes were made to the capital control regime at the beginning of 1990–91 which mean that borrowing approvals are no longer issued for capital expenditure on specific services; borrowing approval is now conveyed by a single, all service credit approval. The HIP allocations are now an assessment of relative need for housing capital expenditure. The table also gives figures for local authority housing capital expenditure.

Housing investment programme allocations and local authority gross housing capital expenditure, England, 1979–80 to 1992–93
£ million
Allocations1 Gross capital expenditure2
Cash 1992–93 prices3 Cash 1992–93 prices3
1979–80 2,544 6,144 2,947 7,117
1980–81 2,203 4,496 2,729 5,569
1981–82 1,795 3,341 2,632 4,898
1982–83 2,192 3,808 3,235 5,619
1983–84 2,233 3,708 3,571 5,929
1984–85 1,852 2,927 3,501 5,532
1985–86 1,605 2,406 3,023 4,529
1986–87 1,459 2,117 3,017 4,380
1987–88 1,400 1,926 3,272 4,502
1988–89 1,331 1,707 3,604 4,623
1989–90 1,095 1,318 5,126 6,169
New capital finance system
1990–91 1,889 2,105 3,164 3,526
1991–92 1,861 1,940 42,720 42,836
1992–93 1,827 1,827 52,600 52,600

1 Allocations for the years up to and including 1989–90 are final allocations, ie the initial allocation plus any increases to the initial allocation made in-year. The allocations figures for 1990–91 and subsequent years are the HIP allocations (housing annual capital guidelines plus specified capital grants) issued prior to the start of the financial year. They exclude any subsequent increases approved through the issue of supplementary credit approvals (SCAs). SCAs issued for 1990–91 and the provisional total for 1991–92 are £216 million and £317 million respectively. A total of £464 million has been set aside for 1992–93 for distribution as SCAs.

2 Includes housing capital expenditure within the Urban Programme.

3 Cash figures converted to 1992–93 price levels by excluding the effect of general inflation as measured by the GDP market prices deflator.

4 Provisional.

5 Estimated.