Housing: Regeneration

Communities and Local Government written question – answered at on 8 June 2010.

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Photo of Ian Austin Ian Austin Shadow Minister (Communities and Local Government)

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment he has made of the effects on his Department's funding for Housing Market Renewal areas of changes in public expenditure in 2010 announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 24 May 2010.

Photo of Andrew Stunell Andrew Stunell The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Communities and Local Government

The Housing Market Renewal programme was included in the £6.2 billion of savings from Government spending in 2010-11 announced on 24 May. The current capital budget of £286 million announced in December 2009 has been reduced by £50 million. The mechanism by which this reduction is achieved will be subject to consultation. Individual allocations for 2010-11 will be confirmed after the emergency Budget is completed on June 22.

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