§ Dr. Lynne JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what has been the investment in(a) council housing and (b) housing 377W owned by registered social landlords in each year since 1990; and what investment is planned in future years. [146835]
Mr. Robert AinsworthThe capital resources made available by central Government to support housing investment by local authorities and registered social landlords in the years since 1990–91 are as follows:
£million Housing capital allocations to local authorities1 Housing capital allocations to registered social landlords2 s1990–91 1,706 986 1991–92 1,682 1,521 1992–93 1,579 2,284 1993–94 1,391 1,761 1994–95 1,181 1,441 1995–96 1,147 1,112 1996–97 1,059 1,007 1997–98 926 667 1998–99 1,211 603 1999–2000 1,252 634 2000–01 1,891 678 2001–02 2,552 787 2002–03 2,853 958 2003–04 2,934 1,274 1Covers credit approvals, capital grants, PFI schemes for council housing and the resources to be made available under the arms length management initiative but exclude Estate Action allocations (which are now part of Regeneration Budgets). Local authorities housing capital programmes provide resources to improve poor condition private sector housing or develop new affordable housing as well as renovating or improving the council housing stock. 2Public funded investment in RSL housing through the Housing Corporation's Approved Development Programme (ADP) and, from 2001–02, the Safer Communities Supported Housing Fund.