§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will outline the expenditure plans in each year from 1994–95 to 1997–98 in respect of(a) the local authorities' housing investment programme and (b) the Housing Corporation's approved development programme.
§ Mr. Robert B. Jones[holding answer 8 December 1994]: The total of housing investment programme allocations in England for 1994–95 and 1995–96 are £1,326 million and £1,272 million respectively. Both 440W figures exclude resources for estate action, which are now within the single regeneration budget.
It is not possible to give planned HIP allocations for 1996–97 or 1997–98. These depend on annual decisions about resources for special housing programmes, and the national level of receipts taken into account.
The Housing Corporation's gross capital resources for its approved development programme and the rough sleepers initiative are £1,533 million in 1994–95, £1,197 million in 1995–96, £1,177 million in 1996–97 and £1,191 million in 1997–98. The Housing Corporation will be publishing the full details of its approved development programme for 1995–96 later this month.