HC Deb 21 July 1997 vol 298 cc428-9W
Mr. Nigel Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if new homes built by local authorities are compulsorily subject to secure tenancies; and if he will make a statement. [9095]

Mr. Raynsford

Section 79 of the Housing Act 1985 states that a tenancy is a secure tenancy at any time when the landlord and tenant conditions are satisfied. The landlord condition is that the interest of the landlord belongs to one of a number of bodies listed, such as a local authority, and the tenant condition is that the tenant is an individual and occupies the dwelling house as his only or principal home.

Mr. Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if a local authority that has transferred its housing stock to a housing company is permitted to provide funds to the company in subsequent years; and if he will make a statement. [9094]

Mr. Raynsford

Yes. A local authority may give grants for housing to any registered social landlord.