Affordable Housing: Salford

Hazel Blears
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much has been spent on increasing the standard of social housing in Salford since 1997.

Mr. Ian Austin
The following table shows Salford city council and their arms length management organisation, Salix Homes, capital investment in council housing in the city.

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|                                                         |Expenditure £000|
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|1998                                                     |13,929          |
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|1999                                                     |16,115          |
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|2000                                                     |14,335          |
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|2001                                                     |21,410          |
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|2002                                                     |20,949          |
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|2003                                                     |24,839          |
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|2004                                                     |18,135          |
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|2005                                                     |21,697          |
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|2006                                                     |19,964          |
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|2007                                                     |18,656          |
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|2008                                                     |21,102          |
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|2009                                                     |13,910          |
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|Source:Annual returns to Communities and Local Government|                |
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The TSA cannot provide the data requested for housing associations in the City.