To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what arrangements have been made to continue the outstanding commitments on Corlan housing association's grant-aided development programme.

Under the terms of the rescue package for Corlan housing association drawn up by Housing for Wales, the outstanding commitments on Corlan's grant-aided development programme will be taken over by Housing for Wales and then placed with other housing associations.As an interim arrangement instead of paying housing association grant, Housing for Wales will need to make payments direct to contractors. Parliamentary approval of this expenditure will be sought in a winter supplementary estimate for class XVI, vote 6. Pending that approval, urgent expenditure estimated at a total cost of £6.4 million is being met by repayable advances from the Contingencies Fund.