§ Mr. KidneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what plans he has to ring-fence the funding for the Housing Corporation's rural programme. [35058]
§ Ms KeebleWe have no plans to do so. We have doubled the target for the number of dwellings which the Housing Corporation's rural programme will deliver in small rural settlements (those with a population of 3,000 or less), from 800 approvals in 2000–01 to 1,600 a year by 2003–04.