Private Sector Renewal Activity 2006-07

Statistics on Private Sector Renewal Activity  funded by local authorities include data for Wales for the period 2006-07. The latest release revises the statistics previously released on 28th November 2007.

The key points from the latest release are:

• Overall, local authorities in Wales spent £102.9 million on providing help to private owners and to tenants in their area for home improvement and repair. This was 18(r) per cent more than in 2005-06.
• Expenditure on activity under the 2002 Order was £59.8 million.
• During 2006-07, 5,899 Mandatory Disabled Facilities grants (DFGs), with a total value of £40.5 million, were completed by local authorities in Wales.  
• The total value of residual payments on completed grants under the 1996 Act (excluding Mandatory DFGs) during 2006-07 was £2.6 million.
• Thirteen(r) group repair type schemes were completed covering 193(r) dwellings and with an estimated total cost of £4.0(r) million.
• There were 34 Renewal areas in operation during 2006-07 and local authorities spent £29.3 million on these areas, a decrease of 6(r) per cent from the previous year.

(r) Revised on 21 May 2008

Contact

Tel: 029 2052 5055
E-mail: stats.housing@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

November 2008 (provisional - to be confirmed on the Due Out Soon page)