§ Mr. Tony BanksTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will list the expenditure by the Housing Corporation on administration and accommodation in each year since 1964;
(2) how many staff were employed by the Housing Corporation in each year since 1964.
§ Mr. BaldryThe information requested is as follows:
Year ending 31 March Accommodation costs Administration costs Number of staff 1965 4.9 16.0 — 1966 14.9 101.1 — 1967 45.5 155.8 — 1968 40.0 211.2 — 1969 60.7 267.1 — 1970 61.0 262.2 — 1971 62.8 314.6 — 1972 71.1 421.9 — 1973 100.8 553.0 — 1974 139.6 791.3 180 1975 163.0 1,216.5 240 1976 307.6 1,919.8 363 1977 600.7 2,760.1 401 1978 873.7 3,405.1 452 1979 1,019.0 4,344.0 550 1980 1,457.0 6,413.0 649 1981 1,879.0 9,096.0 780 1982 2,522.0 9,014.0 639 1983 2,500.0 9,790.0 663 1984 2,700.0 10,336.0 715 1985 2,781.0 10,955.0 713 1986 2,924.0 11,657.0 714 1987 2,929.0 12,354.0 728 1988 3,100.0 13,400.0 720 1989 3,500.0 16,700.0 787 1990 3,300.0 16,600.0 745 1991 4,100.0 18,400.0 745 1992 4,500.0 20,700.0 734
§ Mr. Tony BanksTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the proposed percentage change in the Housing Corporation's annual development programme for rented housing for 1993–94 compared with the approval development programme for 1992–93.
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§ Mr. BaldryThe figures are as follows:
£ million Percentage change 1992–93 1,584 1993–94 1,558 -1.64 In addition to the annual development programme for 1992–93, £577 million was allocated to the Housing Corporation in the Chancellor's autumn statement to enable housing associations to purchase new, empty and repossessed properties by 31 March 1993, providing around 17,000 extra units of social housing.
Under this housing market package, £20 million has also been provided to the corporation this year for additional tenants' incentive scheme grants to housing association tenants. This will enable up to 2,000 new first-time buyers to enter the housing market, releasing the same number of units of social housing for reletting.