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Written question asked by Baroness Teather (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 28 February 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 2 March 2006. It was answered by Yvette Cooper (Labour) on Monday, 15 May 2006 on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government.

Housing

Question
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much social housing grant has been (a) allocated and (b) spent in each English region in (i) 2004-05 and (ii) to date in 2005-06.
Answer

I have been asked to reply.The following table shows the amount of Social Housing Grant allocated for each region through Regional Housing Boards. Allocations are approved for each scheme and represent the total grant for the life of a scheme regardless of what year the funds are expended. There is no direct comparison between allocations and spend in a particular year.

Region Approved allocations 2004-05 (£ million) Approved allocations to 2005-06 (provisional) (£ million) 2006-08 allocations value
East Midlands 66 68 166
Eastern 121 124 356
London 780 803 1,684
North East 38 38 82
North West 111 114 224
South East 270 277 744
South West 93 96 281
West Midlands 89 91 198
Yorkshire and Humberside 65 63 138
Grand Total 1,633 1,674 3,873

The following table shows the profile of expenditure between the two years of the 2004-06 Approved Development Programme.

£ million Region Expenditure 2004-05 Provisional expenditure 2005-06 2006-08 estimated expenditure
East Midlands 65 72 183
Eastern 137 132 331
London 700 741 1,791
North East 40 37 85
North West 110 117 248
South East 297 272 725
South West 86 93 277
West Midlands 103 85 172
Yorkshire and Humberside 60 62 128
Grand Total 1,598 1,611 3,941

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
55775; 446 c806-7W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Social housing grant
Link
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