To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what estimate she has made of the cost of bringing the housing stock in East Lancashire up to standard. [15517]
The Department has not made specific estimates of the cost of bringing the housing stock in East Lancashire up to standard and the only cost figures available are for the need for capital work to the council housing stock. These figures are provided by local authorities in the annual HIP round and are presented for East Lancashire.
| Local authority estimates of the need for capital work to the council housing stock | |
| Local authority | Need for capital works to the council housing stock 1 April 1996 £ |
| Pendle | 4,585,000 |
| Ribble Valley | 6,689,000 |
| Rossendale | 46,641,000 |
| Hyndburn | 19,700,000 |
| Burnely | 32,611,000 |
| Blackburn | 81,965,000 |
Source:
Housing Investment Programme—HIP3 form.
Authorities do not supply estimates for the private sector or housing association stock within their area. The only related figures available are local authorities' estimates of the numbers of unfit dwellings and, for the housing association stock, dwellings in need of renovation. The reported estimates for 1 April 1996, the latest date for which figures are available, are given in the 1996 "HIP! All Items Print", a copy of which is in the Library.