§ Mr. SteenTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many local housing authorities have applied for a place on the LSVT programme for each year since 1993; and how many were successful. [78915]
§ Mr. McNultyThe Office of the Deputy Prime Minister record the number of local housing authorities who are accepted onto the Large Scale Voluntary Transfers disposals programme each year. The information for the years in question is set out in the table below.
Year of Programme Number of Local Authorities Successfully Gaining a Place 1993 13 1994 12 1995 11 1996 5 1997 17 1998 23 1999 25 2000 22 2001 271 2002 202 Note: 1Between 1993 and 2000 the duration of each transfer programme was one year. This period was extended to 2 years from 2001. 2There are 5 more authorities who have a place on the disposals programme held open for them while their schemes are further developed.