§ Mr. SnapeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the total provision from central funds received by the Sandwell metropolitan borough authority in support of capital expenditure on housing for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. BaldryThe amounts of capital grants paid to Sandwell MBA in the years 1981–82 to 1991–92 in support of housing capital expenditure, including any adjustments for over or under payment in previous years, were as follows:
Years £ thousand 1981–82 110 1982–83 233 1983–84 328 1984–85 187 1985–86 119 1986–87 238 1987–88 88 1988–89 94 1989–90 -5 1990–91 3,826 1991–92 8,360 Figures for earlier years could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The significantly higher payments in 1990–91 and 1991–92 reflect the revised arrangements for private sector renovation grants introduced on 1 April 1990.
The Government also influence housing capital expenditure by local authorities through housing investment programme—HIP—allocations and supplementary credit approvals. Those for Sandwell for the years since 1979–80 are given in the table, which also gives total housing capital expenditure by Sandwell MBA in these years.
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Housing investment programme allocations and supplementary credit approvals and capital expenditure
for Sandwell metropolitan borough authority
1979–80 to 1992–93
£ thousand 1Housing investment programme allocations and supplementary credit approvals Housing capital expenditure 1979–80 18,119 n/a 1980–81 19,869 n/a 1981–82 14,684 n/a 1982–83 15,834 18,004 1983–84 16,668 22,728
1Housing investment programme allocations and supplementary credit approvals Housing capital expenditure 1984–85 14,664 22,390 1985–86 13,153 17,597 1986–87 13,382 20,898 1987–88 12,057 24,079 1988–89 10,849 41,287 1989–90 10,124 42,058 New capital finance system2 1990–91 20,431 26,659 1991–92 323,229 322,140 1992–93 421,156 532,866 1 Allocations for 1989–90 and earlier years are final allocations, i.e. the initial allocation plus any increases to the initial allocation made in-year. The figures for 1990–91 and subsequent years cover the housing investment programme allocations (housing annual capital guidelines and specified capital grants) issued prior to the start of the financial year and any supplementary credit approvals subsequently issued. 2 From 1990–91, under the new capital finance system, the housing investment programme allocation is an assessment of relative need for housing capital expenditure rather than a direct borrowing approval. Borrowing approval is now conveyed by the single, all service, basic credit approval. 3 Provisional. 4 Includes only supplementary credit approvals for 1992–93 already issued. 5 Estimated. n/a—Not available.