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Written question asked by Claire Curtis-Thomas (Labour) on Monday, 9 March 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 11 March 2009. It was answered by Iain Wright (Labour) on Monday, 16 March 2009 on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government.

Local Government Finance: Sefton

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 4 February 2009, Official Report, columns 1298-1300W, how much funding Sefton Council has received for (a) capital investment in housing, (b) major repairs allowance and (c) disabled facilities grants in each year since 1995.
Answer

Allocations to Sefton council of capital funding for housing purposes over the period 1995-96 to 2009-10 exceeds £123 million.The following table shows the funding Sefton have received for capital investment in housing, major repairs allowance and disabled facilities grants in each year.

Allocations
£000
(a) Housing capital allocations (excluding MRA and DFG) (b )Major repairs allowance (MRA) (c) Disabled facilities grant (DFG) (a, b, c) Total
1995-96 5,610 — — 5,610
1996-97 5,192 — — 5,192
1997-98 4,244 — 264 4,508
1998-99 5,928 — 291 6,219
1999-2000 5,617 — 291 5,908
2000-01 9,011 — 323 9,334
2001-02 4,480 7,456 380 12,316
2002-03 5,148 7,370 713 13,231
2003-04 4,852 7,165 720 12,737
2004-05 5,533 7,274 791 13,598
2005-06 5,533 7,253 791 13,577
2006-07 6,132 — 918 7,050
2007-08 6,033 — 964 6,997
2008-09 4,985 — 964 5,949
2009-10 — — 1,157 1,157
123,383

Payments of major repairs allowance ceased in 2006, following the transfer of housing stock to a new registered social landlord.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
489 c882-4W;489 c884-6W; 262947
Session
2008-09
Related items
Regeneration: North West
Wednesday, 4 February 2009
Written questions
House of Commons
Registered interest declared
Yes
Subjects
Local government finance Sefton
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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