To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the level of the housing investment programme allocation awarded to Liverpool in each financial year since 1978–79; and what the changes amounted to, in real terms.

Housing investment programme—HIP—allocation and gross capital expenditure figures are as follows:

£ thousands
	HIP allocation		Gross Expenditure1
	cash value	at 1991–92 prices	cash value	at 1991–92 prices
1978–79	35,460	96,195	30,832	83,640
1979–80	42,430	98,651	52,611	122,322
1980–81	47,230	92,798	40,277	79,137
1981–82	39,788	71,293	35,479	63,572
1982–83	49,337	82,524	55,076	92,123
1983–84	41,850	66,901	60,700	97,034
1984–85	38,499	58,612	65,169	99,214
1985–86	31,000	44,727	83,751	120,837
1986–87	27,500	38,414	69,323	96,835
1987–88	25,300	33,518	64,651	85,652
1988–89	20,588	25,448	45,151	55,810
1989–90	23,349	27,103	49,338	57,271
New Capital Finance System2
1990–91	38,037	40,700	55,194	59,058
31991–92	31,620	31,620	4—	4—
Notes:
1 Since 1981–82 local authorities have been able to augment the borrowing power of their HIP allocations by using the prescribed proportion of their capital receipts.
2 From 1990–91, under the new capital finance system, the HIP allocation does not convey borrowing approval directly. The HIP allocation totals include supplementary credit approvals for housing projects.
3 Provisional estimate of final allocation.
4 Not available.

An initial HIP allocation of £26·7 million—125·6 million at 1991–92 prices—has been issued for 1992–93 and additional resources—supplementary credit approvals—may be allocated later.