§ Mr. Andrew TurnerTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many station houses have been provided for key workers in London in each year since 1997. [64371]
§ Mr. McNultyThe Government no longer allocate specific funding to local authorities for housing improvement grants. Each housing authority must decide how much it will allocate towards this purpose from the total capital funding provided to it by the Government each year.
1033WTotal capital resources made available for housing purposes for all authorities in England for 2002–03 is £2.5 billion. For Gloucestershire the figure for 2002–03 is £16.6 million, an increase of 85 per cent. on 1997–98.