Written question asked by Matthew Green (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 16 March 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 22 March 2005. It was answered by Keith Hill (Labour) on Tuesday, 22 March 2005 on behalf of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Question: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many of the new social rented homes that will be delivered through the expanded Private Finance Initiative by 2007-08 will be provided in each Government Office region.

Answer: Matthew Green: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many of the new social rented homes that will be delivered through the expanded private finance initiative by 2007-08 will be provided in each Government Office region. [223281] Keith Hill: The 2004 Spending Review allocated £1.22 billion private finance initiative (PFI) credits to the Housing PFI programme. As yet the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister does not know where the provision of new social rented homes will be in the regions. The assessment of bids for the SR04 allocation is still underway but an announcement on the outcome is scheduled in spring 2005.

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