§ Mr. SteenTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many 1065W discretionary grants have been awarded for remedial work to reduce the risk from radon emissions in (a) Devon and (b) England and Wales since 1996; and what has been the total cost. [18356]
§ Ms Keeble[holding answer 27 November 2001]: The Government have made available to all local housing authorities in England and Wales a single capital pot of £705 million this year for housing capital expenditure purposes. Any discretionary grant given by an authority for radon remedial work will be from this source. We do not have reliable centrally collected figures on the number of such discretionary grants for this or earlier years.