§ Mr. HepburnTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much the Government has invested in council housing in(a) South Tyneside and (b) England in each year since 1996. [142990]
§ Keith HillWork undertaken by local authorities to renovate and improve council housing is funded partly from their own resources and partly from resources provided by central government. Part of the central Government funding is provided as general support for housing investment and it is up to individual authorities to decide how much to spend on council housing. The following tables set out the total amounts (£ million) of capital investment in council housing and housing capital allocations made by central Government in the years since 1996–97.
South Tyneside Housing capital allocations Capital investment in council housing HIP allocution1 CRI2 MRA3 Total 1996–97 4.0 4.4 — — 4.4 1997–98 5.5 3.2 0.9 — 4.1 1998–99 9.2 3.7 3.1 — 6.8 1999–2000 11.0 3.7 3.1 — 6.8 2000–01 11.7 10.8 — — 10.8 2001–02 19.1 3.3 — 11.1 14.4 2002–03 18.4 3.7 — 11.0 14.7 2003–04 14.4 3.4 — 10.9 14.3
England Housing capital allocations Capital investment in council housing HIP/CRI allocation1.2 MRA/ALMO3 Total2 1996–97 1,510 1,301 — 1,301 1997–98 1,563 1,104 — 1,104 1998–99 1,660 1,369 — 1,369 1999–2000 1,569 1,411 — 1,411 2000–01 1,816 2,090 — 2,090 2001–02 2,142 997 1,587 2,584 2002–03 2,342 1,041 1,585 2,626 2003–04 2,789 899 1,814 2,713 1Housing Investment Programme (HIP) allocations cover mainstream support for housing capital expenditure by local authorities (housing annual capital guidelines(ACGs)) and the ring-fenced support for private sector renewal (which was combined with the mainstream funding from 1997–98) and for disabled facilities grants. The figures also include the funding made available through the Capital Receipts Initiative (1997–98 to 1999–2000), the Housing Partnership Fund (1996–97) and to support Cash Incentive Scheme (CIS) grants (1996–97 to 1999–2000) 2 The housing ACGs up to and including 2002–03 include an element that is assumed to be funded from local authorities capital receipts–this amounts to around £200 million for England as a whole. 3 Funding for investment in council housing to meet the on-going capital costs of maintaining the stock (Major Repairs Allowance) or to help bring authorities' housing stock up to a decent standard (Arms Length Management Organisation initiative).