§ Mr. MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list(a) those local authorities which do not use housing revenue account surplus to fund rent rebates, (b) the proportion of local authorities where rent was paid out of the housing rent account surplus for each year since 1990 and (c) the total transferred out of the housing rent surplus account for each year since 1990. [27000]
§ Mr. RaynsfordIn 1997–98 the following housing authorities do not use housing revenue account surpluses to fund rent rebates:
- Blackburn
- Brent
- Camden
- City of London
- Ealing
- Greenwich
- Hackney
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Haringey
- Hounslow
- Islington
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Lambeth
- Lewisham
- Liverpool
- Manchester
- Newcastle Upon Tyne
- Newham
- North Tyneside
- Oldham
- Rochdale
- Salford
- Sheffield
- Southwark
- Tower Hamlets
- Waltham Forest
- Westminster
The following table shows for England for each year since 1990 the number of housing authorities, the number that have a housing element surplus and the number that have a housing element surplus as a proportion of all housing authorities. All authorities with a housing element surplus make a contribution from their housing revenue account to the costs of rent rebates. The table also shows the total amount of that contribution in each year. 645W
Financial year (1) Total number of housing authorities (2) Number with housing elements surplus (2)(1) Proportion of housing authorities with housing element surplus percentage Contributions to rent rebates £ million 1990–91 366 169 46.2 198.211 1991–92 366 242 66.1 319.952 1992–93 366 269 73.5 512.840 1993–94 366 296 80.9 703.082 1994–95 366 299 81.7 871.433 1995–96 365 301 82.5 1,045.265 1996–97 358 296 82.7 1,172.383 1997–98 357 286 80.1 1,228.616 Data Source:
Data for 1990–91 to 1995–96 are taken from the Audited Final Housing Revenue Account Subsidy claim forms submitted to the Department of the Environment in December-January following the year close.
Data for 1996–97 are taken from the Pre-audit Final Housing Revenue Account Subsidy claim forms submitted to the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions in the September following the relevant year.
Data for 1997–98 are taken from the 2nd on-account Housing Revenue Account Subsidy claim form submitted to the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions in August 1997.