Written question asked by Geraldine Smith (Labour) on Tuesday, 27 June 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 4 July 2000. It was answered by Nick Raynsford (Labour) on Tuesday, 4 July 2000 on behalf of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much additional funding has been allocated by the Government to Lancaster City Council for improving the quality of social housing since 1st May 1997. - Inc table.

Answer: Miss Geraldine Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how much additional funding has been allocated by the Government to Lancaster City Council for improving the quality of social housing since 1 May 1997. [128354] Mr. Raynsford: The capital allocations for housing investment made to Lancaster City Council since 1997-98 are given in the table. The additional resources we have made available for housing investment were mainly distributed through the Capital Receipts Initiative in the years up to 1999-2000. In 2000-01 the extra resources were included in the Housing Investment Programme (HIP) allocation following the introduction of the single housing capital pot. £000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year HIP CRI Total 1997-98 1,814 279 2,093 1998-99 2,002 1,014 3,016 1999-2000 2,238 1,101 3,339 2000-01 3,942 -- 3,942 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 128354; 353 c113W
Session: 1999-00
Subjects: Investment Housing improvement Social rented housing Lancaster City Council Lancaster
Contains statistics: Yes
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