Private Sector Renewal Activity, 2007-08

Statistics on Private Sector Renewal Activity in Wales include data for the year 2007- 08.  The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 28 November 2007.

The key points:

• Overall, local authorities in Wales spent just over £69 million on providing help to private owners and to tenants in their area for home improvement and repair.
• Almost half of this, some £31.3 million was expenditure on activity under the 2002 Order. The remaining £37.7 million (55 per cent) of expenditure covered Mandatory Disabled Facilities grants (DFGs) and residual activity under the 1996 Act.
• Expenditure on Mandatory DFGs decreased by around 7 per cent during 2007-08 from £40.5 million to £37.6 million.
• By 2007-08 residual activity, under the 1996 Act was minimal. The total value of payments on completed grants was just £173,000, less than 1 per cent of the overall expenditure.
• The number of group repair type schemes completed dropped from 13 in 2006-07 to just 2 in 2007-08 covering 14 dwellings and with an estimated total cost of £364,000.
• There were 36 Renewal areas in operation during 2007-08 and expenditure on these areas totalled £31.2million.

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 5055
E-mail: stats.housing@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

November 2009 (provisional - to be confirmed on Due Out Soon page)