Written question asked by Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 16 March 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 24 March 2005. It was answered by Keith Hill (Labour) on Thursday, 24 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 affordable housing units there were in the schemes rejected by his Department in June 2003 for funding through transitional local authority social housing grant.

Answer: Mr. Edward Davey: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many affordable housing units there were in the schemes rejected by his Department in June 2003 for funding through transitional local authority social housing grant. [223288] Keith Hill: The Housing Corporation ran a competitive bidding round which closed in June 2003 for funding through the transitional local authority social housing grant arrangements. The Corporation, in consultation with Government Offices, assessed the submitted bids. Results were announced in October 2003: those bids that were not successful comprised some 4500 dwellings.

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