HC Deb 12 February 2001 vol 363 cc9-10W
Dr. Lyme Jones

To 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 Ainsworth

The 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:

£ 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.