§ Dr. Lyme JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his answer of 5 February 2001,Official Report, columns 376–77W, if he will give the figures for investment in (a) council housing and (b) housing owned by registered social landlords at constant prices. [149590]
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 at Constant 1999–2000 prices are as follows:
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£ million Cash (1999–2000) Constant Housing capital allocations to local authorities1 1990–91 1,706 2,238 1991–92 1,682 2,079 1992–93 1,579 1,890 1993–94 1,391 1,622 1994–95 1,181 1,358 1995–96 1,147 1,282 1996–97 1,059 1,147 1997–98 926 975 1998–99 1,211 1,240 1999–2000 1,252 1,252 2000–01 1,891 1,854 2001–02 2,552 2,441 2002–03 2,853 2,662 2003–04 2,934 2,671 Housing capital allocations to registered social landlords2 1990–91 986 1,293 1991–92 1,521 1,880 1992–93 2,284 2,733 1993–94 1,761 2,053 1994–95 1,441 1,657 1995–96 1,112 1,243 1996–97 1,007 1,090 1997–98 667 702 1998–99 603 617 1999–2000 634 634 2000–01 678 665 2001–02 787 753 2002–03 958 894 2003–04 1,274 1,160 1 Covers credit approvals, capital grants, PFI schemes for council housing and the resources to be made available under the arms length management initiative but excludes 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.
2 Public funded investment in RSL housing through the Housing Corporations Approved Development Programme (ADP) and, from 2001–02, the Safer Communities Supported Housing Fund.