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Housing: Regeneration

Volume 487: debated on Thursday 29 January 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much her Department provided to each Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder area in 2007-08. (252307)

HMR Pathfinder allocations for 2007-08 are given in the following table:

Total pathfinder funding 2007-08

£ million

HMR Pathfinder

Birmingham Sandwell

29.2

East Lanes

48.9

Hull and East Riding

24.9

Manchester Salford

53.9

Merseyside

50.9

Newcastle Gateshead

41.0

North Staffs

38.5

Oldham Rochdale

37.5

South Yorks

49.8

Tees Valley1

12.75

West Yorkshire1

12.75

West Cumbria1

5.5

1 The three wider lower demand areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many properties were (a) demolished, (b) acquired and (c) refurbished in each housing market renewal pathfinder area in 2007-08. (252498)

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Peterborough (Mr. Jackson) on 4 June 2008, Official Report, column 990W.