HC Deb 18 May 1994 vol 243 cc508-9W
Mr. Battle

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment which local authorities have a negative housing subsidy entitlement.

Sir George Young

We have not yet received all the first claims from local authorities for the current financial year. However, from the claims received up to now—excluding the 30 authorities which have conducted large-scale voluntary transfers of their stock, the following authorities have indicated that they will have an overall —negative entitlement to housing revenue account subsidy in 1994–95:

  • Crawley
  • Dacorum
  • 509
  • Daventry
  • Forest Heath
  • Isles of Scilly
  • Mid Bedfordshire
  • North Dorset
  • Runnymede
  • South Northamptonshire
  • St. Edmundsbury
  • Stratford-on-Avon
  • Tandridge
  • Wansdyke
  • West Oxfordshire

All claims are subject to revision and to external audit validation.

Mr. Battle

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment which local authorities have a negative housing entitlement for housing revenue account subsidy purposes in the latest financial year; and what is the cash value of this negative entitlement.

Sir George Young

We have not yet received all the first claims from local authorities for the current financial year. However, from the claims received up to now—excluding the 30 authorities which have conducted large-scale voluntary transfers of their stock—290 authorities have indicated that they will have a negative entitlement on the housing element of their housing revenue account subsidy. In total this amounts to £889,671,987. All the claims are subject to revision and to external audit validation.

As soon as I have complete list of the authorities and the sums involved I will write to the hon. Member with the details.