Social Rented Housing: Lancashire Mr. Hoyle To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what projection she has made of the likely future change in numbers of available social housing units in (a) Chorley, (b) South Ribble, (c) Bolton and (d) Preston. Mr. Iain Wright Social housing is funded by the Housing Corporation which in autumn 2007 published the National Affordable Housing Programme (NAHP) 2008-11 Prospectus, which outlines priorities for funding over the three-year period. 40 per cent. of the initial North West allocation of the 2008-11 NAHP has already been committed, with a total of £8.55 million allocated to 19 accepted schemes in the local authorities areas identified. In contrast to previous programmes, the Housing Corporation has decided not to allocate all the available resources at the first bidding round. Additional allocations are timetabled to be made quarterly, from April 2008 to October 2010 (or when resources are fully committed), to enable housing associations to be more responsive to land acquisition and development opportunities. The following table provides a breakdown of funding by local authority and Housing Corporation social housing type. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sponsor LA Name |Type|Total grant requested (£)|Number of units| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bolton |LCHO|1,623,000 |62 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bolton |RENT|2,316,196 |44 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Chorley |LCHO|600,000 |30 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Chorley |RENT|2,217,222 |48 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Preston |LCHO|150,000 |5 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Preston |RENT|1,650,000 |15 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South Ribble |— |0 |0 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total | |8,556,418 |204 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Notes:LCHO - Low Cost Home OwnershipRENT - Socially Rented| | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------