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The bottom line
Original 2003/4 budget for routine repairs £11.986m
Discount on repairs contract £2.3m
Increase awarded in summer 2003  
from right to buy receipts£4.395m 
from decent homes pot + £2m= £6.395m
Increase awarded to meet backlog and new demand  
from decent homes pot£3.7m 
from slippage in clearance programme+ £1.578m= £5.278m
Total budget to clear the backlog £25.959m