Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what annual budget Lancaster City Council is provided by his Department for the maintenance and security of properties in the Chatsworth Gardens housing project.

Lancaster City Council was awarded £1.9 million in May 2012 to bring 110 empty properties back into use in Morecambe’s West End. Lancaster City Council is responsible for the use of that funding and the assets acquired. Information on the current value of the assets and the annual maintenance budget is not centrally held.