§ Mr. ColemanTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) if he will set out for each year from 1997–98, and including estimates for 2002–03,(a) the totals of set-aside housing receipts and (b) the totals of housing basic credits approvals, broken down by Government Office region; [79863]
(2) what the national total of (a) set-aside housing receipts and (b) housing basic credit approvals was in each year from 1997–98; and what these figures are estimated to be in 2002–03. [79859]
§ Mr. McNulty(a) The total of set-aside housing receipts in England in £thousands was:
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2001–02 2000–01 1999–2000 1998–99 1997–98 West Midlands 158,187 185,573 168,061 150,684 84,033 North West 114,497 206,833 162,130 89,143 91,706 National Total 1,362,002 1,625,580 1,477,180 1,084,610 942,575 Note:
The estimated national total for 2002–03 is £2.5bn. No estimates are made of the figure by Government Office region.
(b) The amount in £thousands, for England, of Housing Annual Capital Guidelines (credit approvals
2002–2003 2001–2002 2000–2001 1999–2000 1998–1999 1997–1998 North East 47,036 43,756 130,369 77,332 73,707 49,811 Yorkshire & Humber 77,015 70,826 201,255 117,701 109,207 77,516 East Midlands 61,273 58,095 140,758 73,359 69,393 48,967 East of England 61,066 55,381 142,372 82,762 79,803 56,144 London 322,163 309,722 601,712 353,945 329,377 247,426 South East 92,752 85,582 175,966 107,193 100,143 75,764 South West 54,920 52,163 113,525 69,120 67,746 50,127 West Midlands 99,533 95,559 227,451 125,165 121,444 87,069 North West 128,997 111,389 285,195 172,427 162,272 109,822 National Total 944,756 882,473 2,018,603 1,179,004 1.113,092 802,646 These figures include the separate Capital Receipts Initiative funding provided in 1997–98 to 1999–2000.
The reductions between 2000–01 and 2001–02 reflects the switch of funds into the new Major Repairs Allowance, paid as part of housing subsidy, to fund capital works to maintain council housing.