HC Deb 18 February 1993 vol 219 cc301-2W
Mr. Battle

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been the total allocation, for each region, to home improvement agencies in England in 1991–92 and 1992–93.

Sir George Young

The total regional allocations in respect of home improvement agencies—HIAs—in 1991–92 and 1992–93 are set out in the table. In addition, we have allocated £290,000 in 1991–92 and £361,995 in 1992–93 to Care and Repair Ltd. as the national co-ordinating body for HIAs with responsibility for monitoring performance, providing training and specialist advice to agencies and undertaking scheme development.

Region 1991–92 £ 1992–93 £
North 131,853 182,233
North West 459,279 539,342
Yorks/Humberside 206,562 275,947
East Midlands 309,514 372,827
West Midlands 330,995 327,271
East Anglia 242,017 378,497
South East 531,241 635,328
South West 138,347 204,876
Greater London 374,943 542,805
England 2,724,751 3,459,126

Mr. Battle

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the total value of the bids for funding of home improvement agencies in England, in each region, in 1991–92, 1992–93 and 1993–94.

Sir George Young

The total values of the bids for funding of home improvement agencies in England, by region in 1991–92, 1992–93 and 1993–94 are as follows:

Region 1991–92 £ 1992–93 £ 1993–94 £
North 405,933 205,439 188,974
North West 952,973 712,820 735,614
Yorkshire/Humberside 409,690 335,608 279,522
East Midlands 428,982 414,346 401,357
West Midlands 650,537 419,330 395,874
East Anglia 585,868 445,742 472,815
South East 764,895 635,328 654,094
South West 311,461 257,037 299,277
Greater London 1,016,326 646,001 673,142
England 5,526,665 4,071,651 4,100,669

Mr. Battle

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the total number of applications from local authorities in respect of home improvements agencies in each region for the years 1991–92, 1992–93 and 1993–94.

Sir George Young

The total numbers of applications from local authorities in respect of home improvement agencies by region in 1991–92, 1992–93 and 1993–94 are as follows:

Region 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94
North 9 9 8
North West 31 26 28
Yorks/Humberside 15 10 9
East Midlands 14 14 13
West Midlands 23 17 16
East Anglia 20 16 16
South East 26 22 23
South West 10 9 10
Greater London 23 18 18
England 171 141 141