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Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Answer

Jeremy Corbyn: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the total central Government Housing Investment programme allocation to the London borough of Islington was in each year since 1997-98; and what proportion of this was used for (a) capital repairs and (b) new build. [221421] Keith Hill: Details of the housing capital allocations (£ million) made to Islington since 1997-98 are tabled as follows. The Major Repairs Allowance and Arms Length Management Organisation funding are both wholly for use on council housing. The bulk of the housing investment programme funding supports the authority's overall housing capital programme; decisions on what these funds are used for are a matter for the authority. The following table shows the composition of Islington's overall programme. Allocations _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 Housing investment 14.9 18.7 18.0 28.4 12.7 Programme1 Disabled Facilities 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 Major Repairs Allowance -- -- -- -- 25.4 Arms Length Management -- -- -- -- -- Organisation 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 Housing investment 15.0 13.6 15.8 17.8 Programme1 Disabled Facilities 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.4 Major Repairs Allowance 25.0 25.5 24.0 25.0 Arms Length Management -- -- 0.9 24.0 Organisation _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Includes Housing Annual Capital Guidelines/Supported Capital Expenditure, Capital Receipts Initiative, private sector renewal grant and Cash Incentive Schemes. Capital spend _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 Council Housing 27.9 37.3 30.9 34.6 37.8 Private Sector Housing 0.8 0.9 1.5 1.4 2.0 Other1 0.3 0.2 1.2 7.3 3.7 Total 29.0 38.3 33.6 43.2 43.5 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 Council Housing 44.9 62.7 55.8 83.7 Private Sector Housing 2.5 1.8 2.7 2.7 Other1 1.1 1.5 0.3 1.0 Total 48.5 66.0 58.7 87.4 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Mainly funding for provision of affordable housing through housing associations.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

432 c286W;432 c284W; 221421

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Construction Council housing Finance Social rented housing Repairs and maintenance Islington Housing investment programme

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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