§ 11. Mr. Alan Williamsasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will revise the cost yardstick for council housing.
§ Mr. Gibson-WattNo. A special market allowance has only recently been introduced.
§ Mr. Rowlandsasked the Secretary of State for Wales whether he will publish 3W a breakdown of the expenditure on housing in Wales shown in table 2.24 of the Public Expenditure to 1976–77 White Paper, into the categories shown in table 2.11 relating to housing.
£ million at 1972 Survey Prices 1971–72 Provisional Outturn 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 Subsidies 15.3 19.4 14.6 13.7 13 13 Option mortgages 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 1 1 Improvement grants 3.8 8.1 8.9 5.2 5 6 Local authority improvement investment 3.2 4.8 6.9 4.5 5 5 Other investment and central administration Gross 24.2 24.3 24.0 26.3 26 27 Sales -1.6 -1.6 -1.6 -1.5 -1 -1 Net 22.6 22.7 22.4 24.8 25 26 Lending Gross 15.9 18.4 17.8 17.8 18 18 Repayments -5.4 -6.1 -7.0 -7.8 -9 -9 Net 10.5 12.3 10.8 10.0 9 9 Total 55.7 67.7 64.1 58.8 58 60 Changes from Cmnd. 4829 Policy changes — +1.6 +5.4 -0.1 — — Estimated charges -7.1 -6.4 -9.5 -4.4 -5 — Cmnd. 4829 revalued 62.8 72.5 68.2 63.3 63 —