HC Deb 11 July 2000 vol 353 c490W
21. Dr. Iddon

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will make a statement on the management of local authority-owned housing. [128420]

Mr. Raynsford

Tenants have a right to expect well managed, high quality housing and services. The Housing Green Paper sets out our commitment to achieve a step change in the quality and management of social housing over the next decade.

We set out in the Green Paper various approaches which we believe will help to achieve this change: stock transfer, arm's-length management companies, and the Private Finance Initiative.