Written question asked by Lord Greaves (Liberal Democrat), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Baroness Andrews (Labour) on Monday, 25 June 2007.

Housing: Market Renewal Pathfinders

Question: asked Her Majesty's Government:Which local authorities in housing market renewal Pathfinder areas have provided assistance for home owners who are required to move as a result of demolition of their homes, when they need to bridge the financial gap between the market value paid for their existing property and the cost of purchasing a replacement property by means of (a) grants, and (b) loans; and how many such loans or grants have so far been provided by each local authority.

Answer

Data on local authority provision of grants and loans is shown in the following table:

Pathfinder	Local authority	Grants	Loans
Birmingham/Sandwell	Birmingham	31	12
	Sandwell	72	3
East Lancashire	Blackburn with Darwen	0	44
	Burnley	114	0
	Pendle	39	0
	Hyndburn	54	24
Hull & East Riding of Yorkshire	Hull	0	9
Manchester/Salford	Manchester*	24	70
	Salford*	60	26
Merseyside	Liverpool	1	45
	Sefton	0	7
	Wirral	40	18
Newcastle/Gateshead	Newcastle and Gateshead	61	42
North Staffordshire	Stoke*	1	9
Oldham/Rochdale	Oldham	0	76
South Yorkshire	Doncaster	0	4
	Sheffield	2	9
	Barnsley	0	2
* The figures for grants in Manchester, Salford and Stoke are composite relocation packages, some of which included elements of both grants and loans. Of the nine market renewal pathfinders, four currently use loans exclusively for relocation packages, and the remaining five are moving towards the greater or exclusive use of loans.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 4402; 693 c99-100WA
Session: 2006-07
Subjects: Demolition Housing Grants Local government Location Loans Regeneration
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk