Housing Quality (Hansard, 19 January 1994)

§ Sir George Young

Housing in outer ring areas of cities benefits in the same way as housing in other areas from the Government's policies to secure better value for money from the use of public funds; to encourage investment in the private rented sector, widening choice for tenants and increasing the supply of homes for rent; to promote the growth of owner occupation; and to direct public expenditure more effectively towards those people and areas that most need support.

As far as council housing is concerned, we aim to direct a larger share of spending power to those local authorities with the greatest needs, so outer ring areas with the most

3.2 Land with outstanding planning permission for pirvate housing development by region and type of authority¹: 1989–90, 1990–91 and 1991–92
Thousand/thousand hectares
	1989–90	1990–91	1991–92
Region	Dwellings	Area	Dwellings	Area	Dwellings	Area
North	42.4	2.0	²47.7	²2.2	45.9	1.9
Yorkshire and Humberside	67.1	2.9	²71.1	²3.0	71.7	2.3
East Midlands	92.3	4.2	²99.7	²4.5	100.3	4.6
East Anglia	72.3	3.5	74.6	3.5	72.3	3.5
South East
Greater London	62.1	1.0	²54.3	²0.8	57.7	0.9
Rest of South East	217.6	8.6	²207.2	²8.6	200.2	9.1
South West	110.7	4.1	²110.0	²4.2	110.8	4.3
West Midlands	72.9	3.1	²72.1	3.6	69.0	3.0
North West	70.4	3.0	²77.2	3.3	77.7	3.2

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serious housing needs will receive greater help. Where local authority estates face particular difficulties, estate action helps local authorities to tackle their management and social and economic problems as well as their physical problems. For a few of the most severely run-down estates housing action trusts have been established to secure comprehensive regeneration—for example, in Castle Vale. The resources for both estate action and housing action trusts for 1994–95 were increased in the Budget; both will be included in the single regeneration budget, which will come into operation from April.