§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what assessment he has made of the impact of cutting the Housing Corporation's approved development programme by £300 million on the total number of housing association homes produced for 1994–95.
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§ Sir George YoungFollowing the changes to Housing Corporation expenditure in 1994–95 announced in the Budget, we estimate that 53,000 new homes will be provided with Housing Corporation funding in 1994–95.
§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his Department's estimate of the number of homes which will be produced in(a) 1993–94, (b) 1994–95 and (c) 1995–96 by maintaining the Housing Corporation's approved development programme at its current level.
§ Sir George YoungUnder this year's approved development programme — ADP — the Housing Corporation estimated in January that the number of homes produced would be 54,500 in 1993–94, 49,400 in 1994–95, and 50,100 in 1995–96. Despite the changes in Housing Corporation expenditure made in the Budget, it still expects to achieve 154,000 new homes over this period. No estimate has been made of the number of new homes which would have been provided had the ADP been held at its current level.
§ Mr. TylerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish his Department's latest estimate of the number of housing association homes which will be produced in 1994–95.
§ Sir George YoungFollowing the expenditure plans announced in the Budget we estimate that the Housing Corporation's capital programme will provide for some 53,000 new homes in 1994–95.
§ Mr. TylerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his estimate of the total number of new housing association units which will be produced in 1994–95 if the Housing Corporation's approved development programme is reduced by(a) £300 million, (b) £400 million and (c) £500 million.
§ Sir George YoungFollowing the Budget announcement that the Housing Corporation's capital expenditure programme has been reduced by some £300 million in 1994–95, we estimate that this will nevertheless provide for some 53,000 housing association homes in 1994–95. No estimate has been made of the effect that the greater reductions identified would have had on total units produced. Any such figure would depend not only on the overall size of the approved development programme, but on the likely balance between sub-programmes.