§ Mr. AustinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what estimate he has made of the reduction in expenditure by his Department on housing benefit subsidy in respect of rent rebates paid to local authorities in each of the years
Projected rent rebate subsidy savings at time of transfer £ million Year of transfer 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 1991–92 3.3 3.2 3.1 — — — — — — — 1992–93 — 14.5 18.5 19.7 — — — — — — 1993–94 — — 14.4 13.3 9.2 — — — — — 1994–95 — — — 16.5 14.0 13.5 — — — — 1995–96 — — — — 26.7 26.6 26.3 — — — 1996–97 — — — — — 8.1 8.3 8.3 — — 1997–98 — — — — — — 28.6 28.4 28.6 — 1998–99 — — — — — — — 30.2 28.9 26.8