To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the economic impact of the above-inflation increase in council rents, as set out in the Housing Revenue Account Subsidy Determination 2009-10 circular. [HL690]
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government (Baroness Andrews): Communities and Local Government consulted on the draft 2009-10 Housing Revenue Account (HRA) Subsidy Determination, including on the option of fixed average guideline rent increases for 2009-10 and 2010-11, in autumn 2008. At that time the position on retail price index inflation was significantly different from current forecasts. The final 2009-10 determination reflects the outcome of consultation.
We are aware of the concerns now being expressed about the fixed average guideline rent increases in the light of current inflation forecasts, and are looking closely at the situation to consider what action might be appropriate.
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Asked by Lord Smith of Leigh
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people are in receipt of subsidy on their housing revenue accounts; by what amounts; how many are in negative subsidy; and by what amounts in 2009-10. [HL691]
Baroness Andrews: The table below shows the position on housing revenue account (HRA) subsidy for local housing authorities in England, as at October 2008. This indicates that 202 authorities were in negative subsidy and 52 in receipt of positive subsidy at that time. Estimates for 2009-10 will not be available till later in the next financial year after local authorities have submitted claims to Communities and Local Government.
HRA Subsidy Entitlement Local authority
Local authority
Subsidy
Negative
Positive
Adur
£2,390,216
-£2,390,216
Alnwick
-£372,444
-£372,444
Arun
-£3,465,115
-£3,465,115
Ashfield
£1,971,555
£1,971,555
Ashford
-£3,267,783
-£3,267,783
Aylesbury
£0
Babergh
-£4,527,320
-£4,527,320
Barking
-£17,237,264
-£17,237,264
Barnet
-£11,924,485
-£11,924,485
Barnsley
£6,664,561
£6,664,561
Barrow
-£35,062
-£35,062
Basildon
-£3,083,030
-£3,083,030
Bassetlaw
-£3,013,736
-£3,013,736
Berwick
-£1,441,759
-£1,441,759
Birmingham
-£10,507,747
-£10,507,747
Blaby
-£2,159,692
-£2,159,692
Blackpool
£625,394
£625,394
Blyth Valley
£2,648,088
£2,648,088
Bolsover
-£4,758,038
-£4,758,038
Bolton
£7,116,245
£7,116,245
Bournemouth
-£3,135,812
-£3,135,812
Bracknell
-£6,683
-£6,683
Braintree
£1,213,653
£1,213,653
Brent
£15,908,981
£15,908,981
Brentwood
-£3,548,489
-£3,548,489
Bridgnorth
-£3,072,564
-£3,072,564
Brighton & Hove
-£2,467,100
-£2,467,100
Bristol
-£5,462,387
-£5,462,387
Broxbourne
£0
Broxtowe
-£3,223,748
-£3,223,748
Bury
-£4,470,173
-£4,470,173
Cambridge
-£11,762,891
-£11,762,891
Camden
£29,441,936
£29,441,936
Cannock Chase
-£3,152,459
-£3,152,459
Canterbury
-£5,100,622
-£5,100,622
Caradon
-£3,056,028
-£3,056,028
Carrick
-£805,343
-£805,343
Castle Morpeth
£964,529
£964,529
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Castle Point
-£2,005,118
-£2,005,118
Charnwood
-£3,359,625
-£3,359,625
Cheltenham
-£1,729,195
-£1,729,195
Chesterfield
-£5,501,436
-£5,501,436
Chester-le-Street
£0
Chorley
£0
City of London
£742,067
£742,067
City of York
-£5,306,660
-£5,306,660
Colchester
-£2,250,235
-£2,250,235
Corby
-£3,080,050
-£3,080,050
Crawley
-£13,877,873
-£13,877,873
Croydon
-£16,078,194
-£16,078,194
Dacorum
-£18,103,721
-£18,103,721
Darlington
-£565,271
-£565,271
Dartford
-£5,072,900
-£5,072,900
Daventry
-£1,488
-£1,488
Derby
£1,692,170
£1,692,170
Derwentside
£0
Doncaster
£1,612,445
£1,612,445
Dover
-£5,230,192
-£5,230,192
Dudley
-£17,155,310
-£17,155,310
Durham
-£1,890,745
-£1,890,745
Ealing
£5,178,264
£5,178,264
Easington
£1,775,941
£1,775,941
East Devon
-£5,358,394
-£5,358,394
East Riding
-£9,363,243
-£9,363,243
Eastbourne
£720,416
£720,416
Ellesmere Port
-£4,547,005
-£4,547,005
Enfield
-£8,278,110
-£8,278,110
Epping Forest
-£10,842,203
-£10,842,203
Exeter
-£4,415,766
-£4,415,766
Fareham
-£2,201,593
-£2,201,593
Fenland
£42,292
£42,292
Gateshead
£4,935,249
£4,935,249
Gedling
-£1,411,193
-£1,411,193
Gloucester
-£1,536,163
-£1,536,163
Gosport
-£3,177,976
-£3,177,976
Gravesham
-£5,959,387
-£5,959,387
Great Yarmouth
-£2,703,376
-£2,703,376
Greenwich
£8,802,275
£8,802,275
Guildford
-£10,337,775
-£10,337,775
Hackney
£48,397,019
£48,397,019
Hammersmith
£12,979,642
£12,979,642
Harborough
£38,260
£38,260
Haringey
£16,634,705
£16,634,705
Harlow
-£12,373,746
-£12,373,746
Harrogate
-£2,429,849
-£2,429,849
Harrow
-£6,414,313
-£6,414,313
Havering
-£11,456,438
-£11,456,438
High Peak
-£1,912,780
-£1,912,780
Hillingdon
-£10,461,727
-£10,461,727
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Hinckley
-£3,438,092
-£3,438,092
Hounslow
£1,411,227
£1,411,227
Hyndburn
£0
Ipswich
-£6,133,576
-£6,133,576
Isles of Scilly
£0
Islington
£58,369,138
£58,369,138
Kensington
£4,333,212
£4,333,212
Kettering
-£3,106,606
-£3,106,606
Kingston upon Hull
£1,923,610
£1,923,610
Kingston upon Thames
-£6,608,682
-£6,608,682
Kirklees
£8,481,553
£8,481,553
Lambeth
£11,465,899
£11,465,899
Lancaster
-£1,344,808
-£1,344,808
Leeds
£30,012,444
£30,012,444
Leicester
£477,548
£477,548
Lewes
-£2,922,231
-£2,922,231
Lewisham
£21,861,427
£21,861,427
Lincoln
-£555,651
-£555,651
Liverpool
£240,586
£240,586
Luton
-£5,702,451
-£5,702,451
Macclesfield
£0
Manchester
£34,659,290
£34,659,290
Mansfield
-£1,014,170
-£1,014,170
Medway Towns
-£1,429,757
-£1,429,757
Melton
-£1,514,775
-£1,514,775
Merton
-£8,921,220
-£8,921,220
Mid Devon
-£3,306,057
-£3,306,057
Mid Suffolk
-£3,490,455
-£3,490,455
Milton Keynes
-£l0,183,856
-£l0,183,856
Mole Valley
-£10,956
-£10,956
NE Derbyshire
-£6,748,105
-£6,748,105
New Forest
-£7,954,267
-£954,267
Newark
-£2,279,765
-£2,279,765
Newcastle upon Tyne
£20,203,251
£20,203,251
Newham
£28,014,170
£28,014,170
North Cornwall
-£2,521,276
-£2,521,276
North Kesteven
-£2,559,203
-£2,559,203
North Lincoln
£0
North Shropshire
£22,452
£22,452
North Tyneside
-£1,369,553
-£1,369,553
North Warwick
-£3,457,390
-£3,457,390
Northampton
-£9,060,142
-£9,060,142
Norwich
-£6,067,070
-£6,067,070
Nottingham
£3,735,057
£3,735,057
Nuneaton
-£3,875,867
-£3,875,867
NW Leicester
-£4,401,897
-£4,401,897
Oadby & Wigston
-£928,743
-£928,743
Oldham
£17,693,722
£17,693,722
Oswestry
-£1,537,911
-£1,537,911
Oxford City
-£10,612,055
-£10,612,055
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Pendle
£0
Plymouth
-£1,873,599
-£1,873,599
Poole
-£3,397,874
-£3,397,874
Portsmouth
-£4,581,033
-£4,581,033
Preston
£0
Reading
-£4,593,762
-£4,593,762
Redbridge
-£4,526,858
-£4,526,858
Redditch
-£5,834,619
-£5,834,619
Ribble Valley
£38,150
£38,150
Richmondshire
-£973,632
-£973,632
Rochdale
£10,147,779
£10,147,779
Rochford
-£7,397
-£7,397
Rotherham
-£2,088,888
-£2,088,888
Rugby
-£3,378,087
-£3,378,087
Runnymede
-£5,957,731
-£5,957,731
Rutland
-£1,359,689
-£1,359,689
Salford
£8,050,206
£8,050,206
Salisbury
-£7,510,880
-£7,510,880
Sandwell
-£172,317
-£172,317
Sedgefield
-£3,274,926
-£3,274,926
Sedgemoor
-£3,565,993
-£3,565,993
Selby
-£2,686,071
-£2,686,071
Sheffield
£35,711,125
£35,711,125
Shepway
-£2,306,890
-£2,306,890
Slough
-£7,803,505
-£7,803,505
Solihull
-£4,401,892
-£4,401,892
South Beds
-£8,563,089
-£8,563,089
South Cambridge
-£11, 854,192
-£11,854,192
South Derby
-£2,834,642
-£2,834,642
South Gloucs
£0
South Holland
-£3,672,405
-£3,672,405
South Kesteven
-£5,602,083
-£5,602,083
South Lakeland
-£3,386,251
-£3,386,251
South Norfolk
£108,402
£108,402
South Northants
-£16,636
-£16,636
South Tyneside
-£2,731,197
-£2,731,197
Southampton
-£5,074,600
-£5,074,600
Southend-on-Sea
-£2,699,904
-£2,699,904
Southwark
£33,457,178
£33,457,178
St Albans
-£9,699,568
-£9,699,568
Stevenage
-£13,668,795
-£13,668,795
Stockport
-£1,138,130
-£1,138,130
Stockton
£1,861,054
£1861,054
Stoke-on-Trent
-£5,421,108
-£5,421,108
Stroud
-£5,886,100
-£5,886,100
Sutton
-£9,796,217
-£9,796,217
Swindon
-£9,354,996
-£9,354,996
Tamworth
-£1,636,668
-£1,636,668
Tandridge
-£3,675,633
-£3,675,633
Taunton Deane
-£5,878,374
-£5,878,374
Teesdale
£0
Tendring
-£1,712,353
-£1,712,353
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Thanet
£70,582
-£70,582
Three Rivers
-£7,563
-£7,563
Thurrock
-£8,840,184
-£8,840,184
Torridge
£0
Tower Hamlets
£21,331,376
£21,331,376
Uttlesford
-£5,155,142
-£5,155,142
Waltham Forest
£1,997,233
£1,997,233
Wandsworth
-£15,025,285
-£15,025,285
Wansbeck
£16,693
£16,693
Warrington
-£5,300,899
-£5,300,899
Warwick
-£6,692,644
-£6,692,644
Watford
£36,964
£36,964
Waveney
-£3,582,717
-£3,582,717
Waverley
-£10,027,624
-£10,027,624
Wealden
-£2,286,718
-£2,286,718
Wear Valley
£0
Wellingborough
£37,537
£37,537
Welwyn Hatfield
-£16,366,366
-£16,366,366
West Lancashire
-£4,584,661
-£4,584,661
Westminster
£6,933,085
£6,933,085
Wigan
£684,501
£684,501
Winchester
-£8,281,069
-£8,281,069
Woking
-£5,308,543
-£5,308,543
Wokingham
-£4,853,627
-£4,853,627
Wolverhampton
-£6,152,026
-£6,152,026
Wycombe
-£11,318,958
-£11,318,958
* Figures based on the second advance subsidy claim form where available. Figures are unaudited.
** Figures include 15 councils showing zero subsidy, including due to stock transfers.
