§ Mr. Lubbockasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table showing, for each of the years 1968–69 and 1969–70, the estimated amount of Exchequer subsidies for local authority housing, the aggregate sum of transfers of money from the general rate fund to the housing revenue accounts of local authorities, the total amount of Income Tax remitted in respect of mortgage interest payments by owners occupiers and the total amounts payable under the mortgage option scheme.
§ Mr. MacCollThe following figures are based on the best information that can be gathered at short notice.
ENGLAND 1968–69 1969–70 £m. £m. Government housing subsidies to local authorities* 104 124 Rate fund contributions to Housing Revenue Accounts† Not available Not available Option mortgage scheme payments 7 8.6 UNITED KINGDOM Mortgage interest relief to house mortgagors‡ 195 Not available * These are subsidies payable on provision of new dwellings under all subsidy legislation, including subsidies payable to the New Towns Commission, Development Corporations and housing associations. These figures exclude all loans provided by the Government for housing. † No figures are available for rate fund contributions in 1968–69 and 1969–70. The rate fund contribution for 1967–68 was of the order of £37m. ‡ No separate mortgage interest relief figures for England are available. No estimate can be made at this stage for mortgage interest relief in 1969–70.