Housing: Finance

Mr. Pickles
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what central Government public expenditure on housing was in each year since 1996-97; and what the forecast levels are for each of the next three years.

Mr. Iain Wright
Data on public expenditure by function are published annually in ‘Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses’. The latest edition was published in April 2007 (Cm 7091) and includes data for years up to and including 2007-08. Spending plans for the three years 2008-09 to 2010-11 were published in ‘Meeting the Aspirations of the British People: 2007 Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review’ (Cm 7227). Annex D5 includes details of the Government's housing plans.

Mr. Pickles
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the planned expenditure is on the Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder Scheme in each of the next three years.

Mr. Iain Wright
The Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder Schemes submitted business plans in November 2007 for the period 2008-11. Ministers are currently considering these business plans and will announce specific funding allocations in the next few weeks. Total funding for the Housing Market Renewal programme for 2008-11 will be around £1 billion.