To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many applications for renovation grant were successful in each year since 1979 (a) in England, (b) in Yorkshire and Humberside and (c) in each local authority in the Yorkshire and Humberside region.

[holding answer 3 February 1992]: Information about grants paid to private owners and tenants by local authorities are shown in the publication "Local Housing Statistics: England and Wales". The relevant issue numbers are as follows:

Year	Issue number(s)
1979	53–55, 57
1980	57, 58, 61
1981	65
1982	right">69
1983	73
1984	77
1985	81
1986	85
1987	89
1988	93
1989	97

Copies are in the Library.Regional and national totals for 1979 and 1980 did not appear in this publication and for England are 65,359 grants paid in 1979 and 74,465 in 1980. The corresponding figures for Yorkshire and Humberside are 7,900 and 9,478 respectively.The latest figures for 1990 and the first nine months of 1991 are as follows: