§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will make a statement on how the change in the level of central Government funding for local authority financed housing has affected the residents of Buckingham since 1997. [161468]
§ Keith HillBuckingham is within the district of Aylesbury Vale. Aylesbury Vale district council received housing capital allocations of £1.7 million in 1997–98, rising to £6.1 million in 2000–05. This is an increase of 250 per cent. over the period.
How these allocations have been spent in relation to the residents of Buckingham is a matter for Aylesbury Vale district council.