§ Mr. FraserTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what payment of rent rebates on housing revenue account tenancies was paid to Lambeth council for February, March and April 1992; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. BaldryA housing authority's expenditure on the rent rebates it grants to its housing revenue account tenants is one of several factors which are taken into account when determining its entitlement to housing revenue account subsidy. For each financial year, on-account payments of HRA subsidy are made to housing authorities by my Department in 10 instalments, from May to February. Payments are not made in March or April.
Details of on-account payments of HRA subsidy to Lambeth borough council in respect of HRA rent rebate expenditure throughout 1992, were included in the answer given to the hon. Member by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security on 15 February, Hansard, Vol. 219, cols 100–01.