Housing: Regeneration

Mr. Pickles
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.

Mr. Iain Wright
HMR Pathfinder allocations for 2007-08 are given in the following table:

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|                                     |£ million|
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|HMR Pathfinder                       |         |
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|Birmingham Sandwell                  |29.2     |
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|East Lanes                           |48.9     |
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|Hull and East Riding                 |24.9     |
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|Manchester Salford                   |53.9     |
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|Merseyside                           |50.9     |
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|Newcastle Gateshead                  |41.0     |
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|North Staffs                         |38.5     |
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|Oldham Rochdale                      |37.5     |
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|South Yorks                          |49.8     |
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|Tees Valley1                         |12.75    |
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|West Yorkshire1                      |12.75    |
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|West Cumbria1                        |5.5      |
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|1 The three wider lower demand areas.|         |
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Mr. Pickles
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.

Mr. Iain Wright
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.