HC Deb 12 March 1997 vol 292 cc242-3W
Mr. Barry Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on his allocations to local authorities for(a) the building of council houses and (b) the repairs and modernisation of council estates in the current year. [19509]

Mr. Jonathan Evans

In 1996–97, £42.6 million was made available for capital expenditure on local authority housing but, within this, there was no specific allocation for the building of council houses. In addition, £10.6 million was made available under the Estate Partnership programme to tackle the problems of the most deprived estate.