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Housing Improvement Allocation

Volume 33: debated on Thursday 2 December 1982

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asked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will list for each local authority in England the housing improvement allocation for the years 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83 and 1983–84;(2) if he will list for each local authority in England the housing improvement allocation expressed as a percentage of the total allocation for the years 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83 and 1983–84.

This information is not available. Since 1980–81 housing investment programme allocations have been made in a single block covering all forms of housing capital expenditure. It is for local authorities themselves

New Construction (including extensions)
Floor Space (thousand sq. metres)
1975–761976–771977–781978–791979–801980–811981–82
Industry
Northern region450·5728·7358·0477·7224·8447·3421·4
Darlington6·294·98·82·15·62·047·3
Sedgefield71·745·516·723·410·229·432·5
Teesdale0·63·12·51·50·6
Wear Valley1·94·23·52·57·99·84·8

to determine their own priorities for investment within the total resources available to them, including capital receipts.