§ Ms CoffeyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what was the total amount given in renovation grants including(a) improvement, (b) intermediate and (c) repair each year since 1988–89; and what is the latest available information for each authority in the north-west;
(2) what was the total amount of renovation grants including (a) improvement, (b) intermediate and (c) repair for each year since 1988–89; and what is the latest available information on the amounts of grant made in each year by the local authorities in the north west region.
§ Sir George Young[holding answer 3 March 1994]: Information about house renovation grants for England as a whole is shown in the quarterly publication "Housing and Construction Statistics". Information about payments under the Housing Act 1985 (including improvement, intermediate and repair grants) is shown separately from those under the new grants system set up by the Local Government and Housing Act 1989.
Figures for each year appear in the issues and tables listed. Copies of these publications are in the Library.
Year Table Issue 1988–89 to 1989–90 2.18 (1985 Act) December 1991, Part 2 1990–91 to 1992–93 2.18 (1985 Act) September 1993, Part 2 1990–91 to 1992–93 2.17 (1989 Act) September 1993, Part 2 1993–941 2.18(1985 Act) September 1993, Part 2 1993–941 2.17 (1989 Act) September 1993, Part 2 1 1993–94 data in the above publications are provisional and cover the second and third quarters of 1993 only. Latest available figures on the total amounts of renovation grants made available in each local authority area in the north-west region from financial year 1988–89 to 1992–93, and the first six months of 1993–94, are shown in the table.
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Local authority1 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 21993–94 Crewe and Nantwich 651,911 599,893 462,755 480,300 485,642 187,769 Ellesmere Port and Neston — (3)0471,234 313,895 580,712 895,265 349,689 Fylde 626,594 (3)462,374 290,733 914,470 1,243,085 320,472 Halton — — — — — — Hyndburn (1)219,275 — (2)1,124,166 (3)1,751,382 3,045,915 473,381 Knowsley 570,298 548,229 178,757 715,275 687,872 (1)302,507 Lancaster 865,198 972,750 543,804 1,412,370 1,494,955 345,016 Liverpool 8,938,088 (2)5,363,067 (3)5,020,835 (3)1,165,408 4,558,024 2,729,335 Macclesfield (1)306,912 883,057 (2)285,927 (1)67,726 (3)813,865 492,361 Manchester (2)3,190,212 4,328,167 3,033,834 2,635,914 5,492,761 3,256,720 Oldham 1,350,494 439,785 556,660 2,981,426 4,712,175 477,607 Pendle 618,201 1,286,545 1,078,515 1,183,159 1,560,541 620,199 Preston 1,613,011 — (3)2,172,959 (3)2,111,234 (3)1,128,914 608,813 Ribble Valley 155,081 155,600 238,118 229,627 503,309 40,783 Rochdale (3)2,744,416 1,400,234 1,303,758 (3)1,664,339 2,975,424 353,614 Rossendale 715,299 (3)477,217 662,675 864,256 1,464,297 644,358 St. Helens 1,276,005 1,186,369 1,952,806 (2)1,556,258 (2)1,684,739 2,399,728 Salford — 2,951,871 1,798,893 2,313,054 2,789,027 1,332,961 Sefton (1)382,036 — — (1)430,503 (1)378,394 — South Ribble 458,764 427,236 492,338 1,075,967 1,119,365 378,908 Stockport 2,917,404 2,719,685 1,604,521 3,141,931 3,530,594 897,567 Tameside 2,609,551 1,641,745 (2)463,201 3,086,376 2,261,016 314,325 Trafford 1,959,462 (3)1,281,704 1,671,240 (3)903,465 (2)1,294,825 — Vale Royal 637,886 710,173 309,574 321,266 101,743 75,911 Warrington 1,416,559 — (3)1,072,923 — 1,591,678 627,790 West Lancashire 943,983 880,903 959,142 798,580 941,701 687,705 Wigan 2,337,466 1,851,928 1,359,576 2,175,538 1,716,072 1,092,650 Wirral 4,861,354 (3)3,892,751 4,114,634 3,640,721 6,310,628 3,717,939 Wyre (3)232,059 (2)194,951 294,040 651,475 741,303 545,945 North West(3) 65,475,000 61,119,000 47,036,000 57,424,000 75,489,000 31,042,000 1 As reported to the Department by the local authorities on the quarterly statistical return P1D. No allowance is made for non-response by individual local authorities. —=No returns received for that year (1)=One return received for that year (2)=Two returns received for that year (3)=Three returns received for that year (2) The figures for 1993–94 are for the first six months of the financial year. (3) The figures for the North West as a whole include Departmental estimates for missing returns. Therefore this total is greater than the sum of values for individual local authorities.