The Housing Data, Renovation Grants and Group Repair Schemes Activity dataset was collected by various housing statistics sections of the Departments of the Environment and Transport (DETR). The data was collected using the quarterly 'P1D Form'. There is currently one dataset in the series, covering the period December 1980 to March 2001, when the P1D form was discontinued. The data collected is used for the monitoring of subsidy grants to local authorities contributing to expenditure for a variety of group repair and renovation schemes under various Acts of Parliament including: the Housing Act 1969; the Housing Act 1974; the Housing Act 1980; the Local Government and Housing Act 1989; and the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996. The schemes cover house renovation, disabled facilities, houses in multiple occupation (HMO), common parts grants, group repairs and home repairs assistance. Some schemes under earlier legislation have been subsumed under later schemes.
The data provides information on the numbers and values of grants, for each local authority in England, covering each type of grant separately and also numbers of dwellings and numbers of group repair schemes started, completed and in progress. The total level of expenditure involved is in excess of £350 million per annum. The information is used to brief ministers and other people on the level of local authority private sector renewal activity, to help estimate future levels of demand for grants and to identify trends in local authority activity in order to set future regeneration policy.
The datasets in this series are available to download. Links to individual datasets can be found at piece level.