To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many housing repairs were undertaken by each local authority in each of the last five years; and how much each authority spent on such repairs. (240797)

The Department has collected data on local authority programmes of work through the Business Plan Statistical Appendix (BPSA) since 2001-02. The information held includes the following two categories covering a broad range of activity:

renovation work of a capital nature (installation, replacement and major repair)—we are unable to provide figures for major repairs separately;

renovation work of a non-capital nature (minor repairs/routine maintenance).

Two tables with information for the last five years (2002-03 to 2006-07) have been deposited in the Library.