§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what estimate he has made of the costs of bringing up to standard the housing stock in(a) Burnley, (b) Pendle, (c) Blackburn, (d) Hyndburn and (e) Rossendale. [87351]
§ Mr. RaynsfordThe Department has not made specific estimates of the cost of bringing up to standard the housing stock in these areas.
As part of the annual Housing Investment Programme round, local authorities provides estimates of expenditure required on capital work to bring the housing stock they own into a satisfactory condition. The table provides these estimates for the above local authorities at 1 April 1998.
Authorities do not supply similar estimates for the private sector or stock owned by registered social landords.
284W
Local Authority estimates of the need for capital work to the council housing stock, at 1 April 1998 Local Authority £000 Burnley 35,965 Pendle 4,562 Blackburn with Darwen 90,599
Local Authority estimates of the need for capital work to the council housing stock, at 1 April 1998 Local Authority £000 Hyndburn 16,865 Rossendale 49,606 Source:
Housing Investment Programme—Annual Plan form