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Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

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Mr. Hepburn: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much central funding has been invested in (a) social and (b) council housing in (i) the Jarrow constituency, (ii) South Tyneside, (iii) the North East and (iv) England in each year since 1997. [224722] Keith Hill: Details of the capital allocations made for housing investment in South Tyneside, the north-east region and England as whole since 1997-98 are tabled as follows. Information is not readily available for the Jarrow constituency. £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 South Tyneside Housing investment 3.6 6.3 6.2 10.6 Programme1 Major Repairs Allowance2 -- -- -- -- Arms Length Management -- -- -- -- Organisation2 Market renewal3 -- -- -- -- Approved Development 1.1 1.1 1.8 0.8 programme4 Other5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.2 Total 5.2 7.9 8.5 11.6 North East Housing investment 49.8 73.7 77.3 130.4 Programme1 Major Repairs Allowance2 -- -- -- -- Arms Length Management -- -- -- -- Organisation2 Market renewal3 -- -- -- -- Approved Development 21.7 18.9 18.4 20.5 programme4 Other5 11.5 10.0 10.1 3.4 Total 83.0 102.6 105.8 154.2 England Housing investment 803 1,113 1,179 2,019 Programme1 Major Repairs Allowance2 -- -- -- -- Arms Length Management -- -- -- -- Organisation2 Market renewal3 -- -- -- -- Approved Development 683 606 638 717 programme4 Starter Home Initiative -- -- -- -- Other5 301 256 232 72 Total 1,787 1,975 2,049 2,807 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 South Tyneside Housing investment 3.1 3.5 3.1 3.4 3.0 Programme1 Major Repairs Allowance2 11.1 11.0 10.9 10.9 11.0 Arms Length Management -- -- -- -- -- Organisation2 Market renewal3 -- -- -- -- -- Approved Development 1.3 2.8 4.4 4.9 2.6 programme4 Other5 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 Total 15.6 17.6 18.7 19.4 16.9 North East Housing investment 43.8 47.0 41.0 46.5 47.9 Programme1 Major Repairs Allowance2 114.4 109.4 105.6 105.8 95.5 Arms Length Management -- 5.6 42.1 48.8 98.6 Organisation2 Market renewal3 -- -- 7.0 28.0 38.0 Approved Development 22.9 22.3 41.3 37.4 38.0 programme4 Other5 4.2 4.3 4.5 4.4 4.8 Total 185.3 188.6 241.4 270.9 322.8 England Housing investment 891 945 792 795 842 Programme1 Major Repairs Allowance2 1,587 1,529 1,459 1,459 1,417 Arms Length Management -- 56 321 575 956 Organisation2 Market renewal3 -- -- 40 170 290 Approved Development 775 918 1,613 1,618 1,676 programme4 Starter Home Initiative 2 67 173 8 -- Other5 105 96 107 107 107 Total 3,361 3,611 4,505 4,732 5,288 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Housing Annual Capital Guidelines/Supported Capital Expenditure and Capital Receipts Initiative--funding to support local authorities overall housing capital programmes. 2 For maintaining and improving council housing. 3 Funding to support long-term strategies for tackling low demand/abandonment. 4 Resources provided to registered social landlords for new/replacement affordable housing. 5 Allocations to local authorities for disabled facilities grants, private sector renewal grant and cash incentive schemes; there are no longer separate allocations for the last two of these.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

432 c1473-5W;432 c1469-72W; 224722

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Capital investment Council housing Expenditure North East Social rented housing South Tyneside Jarrow

Contains statistics

Yes

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