§ Ms ArmstrongTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what(a) further Government grants and (b) supplementary credit approvals were allocated specifically for local authority housing investment in addition to the housing investment programme allocation in each local authority in each year since 1978–79.
§ Sir George Young[holding answer 15 April 1994]: Before the introduction of the present local authority capital finance system in April 1990, the allocation in-year of additional capital resources for housing investment was reflected in increases to housing investment programme allocations. Powers to issue supplementary credit approvals are contained in the Local Government and Housing Act 1989, and SCAs have therefore been issued only since 1990–91.
Resources have been set aside since 1990–91 outside the envelope of the annual housing investment programme allocations for the following programmes of SCAs and capital grants for housing investment by local authorities:
SCAs
- Estate action (1990–91 to 1993–94)
- Homelessness (1990–91 and 1991–92)
- Ex-new town defects (1991–92 to 1994–95)
- Energy efficiency (1991–92 to 1993–94)
- Rural housing (1991–92 and 1992–93)
- Flats over shops (1992–93 to 1994–95)
262 - Cash incentive schemes (1992–93 and 1994–95)
- Housing partnership fund (1993–94 and 1994–95)
- Admissible credit approvals (1993–94)
- Renovation grants (1990–91 to 1992–93)
- Area improvement (1990–91)
Capital grants
- Ex-new town defects (1990–91 to 1994–95)
- Estate action (1990–91 to 1993–94)
§ Ms ArmstrongTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how much(a) further Government grants and (b) supplementary credit approvals were allocated specifically for local authority housing investment in addition to the housing investment programme allocation in each local authority for the years 1978–79, 1993–94 and 1994–95.
§ Sir George Young[holding answer 15 April 1994]: Before the introduction of the present local authority capital finance system in April 1990, the allocation in-year of additional capital resources for housing investment was reflected in increases to housing investment programme allocations.
Powers to issue supplementary credit approvals are contained in the Local Government and Housing Act 1989, and SCAs have therefore been issued only since 1990–91. SCAs may be issued up to six months after the end of the financial year during which the relevant expenditure is defrayed, and the bulk of housing SCAs for 1993–94 will be issued in the coming months. No housing SCAs have yet been issued for 1994–95.
Details of payments to local authorities in 1993–94 of capital grant which is outside the envelope of the annual housing investment programme allocations have been placed in the Library. No such grant has yet been paid in 1994–95.