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Data Provider: Welsh Government National Statistics Assistance for housing improvement expenditure by recipient, year and measure
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MeasureThe figures on private sector renewal activity do not include Specific Capital Grants. Specific Capital Grants are annual grants that are distributed in response to bids from local authorities and can be used for any capital purpose inside a renewal area boundary. Third party assistance is included in private sector renewal activity data where the local authority is involved in some way, for example by providing the funding for the third party to give the loan. [Filtered]
[Collapse]RecipientWhere a recipient falls into more than one category they are included only once and allocated to a category in the following order: (1) Disabled (2) Elderly (3) Other. Elderly covers male and female applicants aged 60 and over. Data on the type of recipient not known was collected from 2004-05 and the ‘elderly\’ and ‘other\’ recipient categories were introduced in 2009-10. [Filtered]
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[Collapse]Total6,15812,846,1325,7968,865,5035,6539,851,6586,72711,348,766.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable(r) The data item has been revised since previously published in StatsWales.3,025(r) The data item has been revised since previously published in StatsWales.7,091,3783,5757,789,368
TotalElderlyAged 60 and over.2,1602,257,2371,8922,210,5141,6312,421,6071,2113,133,071.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable(r) The data item has been revised since previously published in StatsWales.460(r) The data item has been revised since previously published in StatsWales.733,7081,0711,444,296
Disabled3,1052,224,9583,3102,418,0383,5182,525,8714,9632,952,666.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable(r) The data item has been revised since previously published in StatsWales.1,985(r) The data item has been revised since previously published in StatsWales.2,420,5732,2212,553,945
Other1642,886,1122103,189,4812622,977,7243433,820,934.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable1691,980,5882302,877,817
Type of recipient not known7295,477,8253841,047,4702421,926,4572101,442,095.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable4111,956,50953913,311

Metadata

General description

The information presented here relates to assistance for housing improvement funded primarily by local authorities. This information is collected annually by the Welsh Government from all 22 local authorities in Wales in order to establish and monitor the amount spent across Wales on private sector renewal and the number of dwellings that have been improved. It is used to monitor trends in activity undertaken by local authorities to improve the quality of housing stock within their area. This helps to monitor the effectiveness of current policy, particularly progress against the National Housing Strategy objectives and for future policy development.

Local authorities can offer homeowners financial help with home improvement and repair. This can include grants and loans for acquiring, adapting, improving, repairing, demolishing and replacing accommodation. In many cases, this assistance is targeted at vulnerable groups such as the disabled or elderly. This assistance is referred to as private sector renewal activity.

The information shown includes activity under the Local Government and Housing Act 1989, the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 and the Regulatory Reform (Housing Assistance) (England and Wales) Order 2002. From July 2003, the Regulatory Reform (Housing Assistance) (England and Wales) Order 2002 introduced new arrangements, giving local authorities more flexibility in dealing with problems of local stock condition.


Data collection and calculation

The information presented here is collected via annual returns from Welsh planning authorities on assistance for housing improvement during each year.

Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

Data are shown for each financial year from 2003-04.

Note that, due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020, data on assistance for housing improvement in Wales for 2019-20 were not collected.

Rounding applied

None

Revisions information

None

Users, uses and context

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Title

Assistance for housing improvement by recipient

Last update

27 April 2023 27 April 2023

Next update

February 2024

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Contact email

stats.housing@gov.wales

Designation

National Statistics

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Local authorities

Geographical coverage

Wales

Languages covered

English and Welsh

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

Keywords

Housing, Private Sector Renewals (PSR), Assistance, Recipient

Statistical quality

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