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The three-year plan: what Whitehall is spending in England
2001/2 2002/3 2003/4
Major repairs allowances to local authorities £1.6²ú²Ô £1.512²ú²Ô £1.403²ú²Ô
Equivalent to about 300,000 council house improvements    
Housing Corporation capital programme for housing associations £789³¾ £940³¾ £1.241²ú²Ô
Up to 25,150 new dwellings Up to 24,600 new dwellings Up to 25,200 new dwellings
Large scale voluntary transfer pool £50³¾ £100³¾ £100³¾
To transfer 200,000 council dwellings each year to housing associations for repair, maintenance and improvement    
Arm’s-length management companies £0 £160³¾ £300³¾
About 100,000 house improvements    
Starter Homes Initiative £50³¾ £100³¾ £100³¾
Towards home ownership by 10,000 key workers    
Disabled facilities grant £87³¾ £88³¾ £89³¾
Towards installing disabled facilities in about 28,000 homes a year    
Home improvement agencies £9³¾ £9³¾ £9³¾
Rough Sleepers Unit and homelessness £30³¾ £30³¾ £30³¾
Private finance initiative for housing £160³¾ £300³¾ £300³¾
To repair about 50,000 council dwellings    
Housing Investment Programme to local authorities £705³¾ £793³¾ £842³¾
Single capital pot covering council house improvements, low-income private house improvements, grants to housing associations and other expenditure    
Total central government capital expenditure on social housing construction £3.480²ú²Ô £4.032²ú²Ô £4.414²ú²Ô
Source: DTLR. Note: Table excludes councils’ and housing associations’ own resources and private investment.