§ Mr. Hayes:To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, (1) how many (a) mandatory and (b) discretionary disabilities facilities grants local authorities have made in each of the last 10 years; [141014]
(2) how many mandatory disabilities facilities grants have been issued by local authorities since 18 July 2002; [141015]
(3) how many times local authorities have supplemented a mandatory disabilities facilities grant since 18 July 2002. [141016]
§ Keith Hill:The numbers of (a) mandatory and (b) discretionary Disabled Facilities Grants (DFGs) paid by local housing authorities in England to private owners and tenants over the past ten years are tabled below. The figures for 2003–04 and 2004–05 are provisional forecasts given to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister by English local housing authorities. Discretionary DFG was abolished from July 2003 by the Regulatory Reform (Housing Assistance) (England and Wales) Order 2002 and therefore the figures in the 97W "discretionary' column for these two years include largely grants and loans which will be provided under the Order for housing adaptations.
Mandatory Discretionary 1993–94 16,702 341 1994–95 19,784 384 1995–96 20,036 236 1996–97 19,599 388 1997–98 21,120 871 1998–99 21,584 1,061 1999–2000 21,999 706 2000–01 24,299 432 2001–02 24,894 618 2002–03 29,403 699 2003–04 33,485 1,442 2004–05 33,424 1,372