To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how much Government grant has been paid to Thurrock borough council since April 1987 for expenditure on Thurrock borough council's housing stock.

[holding answer 20 January 1992]: Thurrock borough council was not entitled to housing subsidy for the financial years 1987–88 to 1989–90. Housing revenue account subsidy, introduced on 1 April 1990, replaced housing subsidy and incorporated rent rebate subsidy which was previously paid to local authorities by the Department of Social Security. The council has claimed housing revenue account subsidy as follows:

	£
1990–91	6,432,848
1991–92	7,170,427

In addition, Thurrock has received housing capital allocations, including housing investment programme allocations, part of which will have been used for expenditure on its own stock. These allocations may be supplemented by the authority's own resources, and for the years in question total:

£
1987–88	2,359,000
1988–89	2,044,000
1989–90	1,839,000
New Capital Finance System1
1990–91	3,305,000
1991–92	24,063,000
1 Changes made at the time of introduction of the new capital finance system in 1990–91 mean that the levels of allocations before and after that date are not comparable.
2 Provisional estimate of final allocation.