§ Mr. ChopeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list those local authorities which have negative housing subsidy; and if he will set out in respect of each authority the sum being transferred this year from the Housing Revenue Account to the General Fund and the value of the transfer as expressed in Band D Council Tax per taxpayer. [100318]
§ Mr. Mullin[holding answer 29 November 1999]: The latest information we have on the authorities that are expected to be in "negative housing subsidy" for 1999–2000 is shown in the table.
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Authority Forecast of the amount transferring from the Housing Revenue Account to the authority's General Fund in 1999–2000 (£000) Value of the transfer expressed as Band D Council Tax per taxpayer (£) Allerdale 73 2 Aylesbury 2,549 42 Bath UA 2,848 47 Bedford 904 18 Bexley 5,193 64 Blaby 345 12 Bracknell Forest 6,732 164 Bromley 4,382 34 Bromsgrove 432 13 Cherwell 2,352 53 Corby 22 1 Crawley 4,991 146 Dacorum 7,586 141 Dartford 624 21 Daventry 1,559 63 East Devon 1,117 22 East Hertfordshire 1,366 26 East Lindsey 1,047 25 East Northamptonshire 275 11 Eastleigh 556 14 Eden 634 35 Epping Forest 658 13
Authority Forecast of the amount transferring from the Housing Revenue Account to the authority's General Fund in 1999–2000 (£000) Value of the transfer expressed as Band D Council Tax per taxpayer (£) Epsom and Ewell 1,031 35 Forest Heath 920 62 Harlow 3,307 125 Hertsmere 2,203 57 IOW Council 1,039 21 Isles of Scilly 42 39 Lichfield 1,106 33 Mid Bedfordshire 2,684 61 Mole Valley 579 15 North Hertfordshire 588 13 Reigate and Banstead 1,289 24 Rother 731 20 Runnymede 862 27 South Bucks 1,039 34 South Cambridgeshire 1,685 33 South Hams 1,309 39 South Lakeland 70 2 South Northamptonshire 1,469 53 South Oxfordshire 3,880 75 South Somerset 1,850 35 St. Albans 848 15 St. Edmundsbury 1,823 54 Staffs Moorlands 182 6 Stevenage 2,390 90 Suffolk Coastal 1,026 24 Swale 1,595 39 Tandridge 1,083 31 Telford 1,211 27 Tewkesbury 591 21 Three Rivers 462 13 Uttlesford 1,490 52 Watford 714 24 Waverley 108 2 Welwyn Hatfield 3,678 97 West Berkshire 1,013 18 West Devon 483 28 West Oxfordshire 1,731 47 Worthing 509 14
Mr. RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what plans he has to review the local authority capping system in relation to housing benefit. [100093]
§ Mr. Mullin[holding answer 29 November 1999]: My Department will be consulting shortly on the detail of the proposals for changes in the housing revenue account subsidy regime. Consideration of the outcome of that exercise will be required before any decisions are taken. It is too early to say what the impact of any changes will be.