HC Deb 31 October 2002 vol 391 cc902-3W
Andrew George

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much his Department has made available to implement a more flexible lettings policy by local authorities; and how much each rural local authority received in(a) 2000–01, (b) 2001–02 and (c) 2002–03 to date. [78395]

Mr. McNulty

We are currently funding 27 local authority pilots of choice based lettings. £13 million was allocated in April 2001 towards the pilots which are expected to finish in April 2003. Out of these, four rural authorities are being supported and payments to date are as follows:

£
2001–02 2002–03
Payments to all 27 pilots 4,208,532 1,724,377
Harborough 167,371 114,199
Herefordshire 49,283 18,818
Kennet 145,612 32,179
Restormel 82,097 18,845