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Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Answer

Mr. Edward Davey: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the expenditure was on Transitional Local Authority Social Housing Grant in each Government office region in 2003-04; and what the estimated expenditure is for (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06. [217568] Keith Hill: The following table shows the actual expenditure by region through transitional Local Authority Social Housing Grant (LASHG) in 2003-04 and latest estimates of investment for 2004-05 and 2005-06 to registered social landlords (RSLs) operating transitional LASHG schemes in debt free local authorities receiving grant via the Housing Corporation under section 18 of the Housing Act 1996. Transitional LASHG to debt free local authorities by region £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Actual Forecast 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 London 23 6 9 South East 116 16 16 South West 54 6 5 East 27 10 5 East Midlands 9 1 1 West Midlands 14 2 2 North West 3 1 1 North East 0 0 0 Yorkshire and Humber 3 0 1 Total for all regions 249 42 39 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The above does not include information on with debt local authorities who receive revenue support to compensate for the loss of investment income. This is made available through a special grant programme under section 88b of the Local Government Finance Act 1988.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

217568; 431 c900-1W;431 c896-7W

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Finance Expenditure Grants Local government Social rented housing Transitional arrangements Social housing grant

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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