§ Mr. Raisonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report a detailed breakdown of the following estimates for housing expenditure contained in pages 70–71 of the Public Expenditure Survey (Command Paper No. 5879): (1) subsidies: 41W 1975–76, 1204.3, 1976–77, 1252.;4, (2) gross investment: 1975–76, 1356.;8, 1976–77, 1378.01, (3) local authority improvement investment: 1975–76, 296.7, 1976–77, 249.9, (4) changes from Command Paper No. 5519 revalued: policy changes: 1975–76, 329.9, 1976–77, 360.2, other changes: 1975–76, 852.7, 1976.77, 1091.8.
§ Mr. KaufmanThe figures for (1) subsidies, (2) gross investment and (3) local authority improvement investment are broken down as follows:—
GREAT BRITAIN 1975–76 1976–77 £m £m. 1. Subsidies: Central Government 713.7 144.7 Rate Fund contributions 199.4 208.9 Rent rebates and allowances 291.2 298.8 1,204.3 1,252.4
1975–76 1976–77 £m. £m. 2. Gross Investment: Local Authority: New dwellings 756.5 782.6 Land 203.0 203.0 Acquisition 155.0 140.0 Other investment 59.5 60.6 New Towns: New dwellings 136.5 137.0 Land 23.2 22.3 Scottish Special Housing Association: New dwellings 21.9 32.2 Land 1.2 1.2 1,356.8 1,378.9
3. Local Authority Improvement Investment: Local Authority (including New Towns) 293.9 246.9 Scottish Special Housing Association 2.8 3.0 296.7 249.9 The breakdown of policy changes and other changes from Command Paper No. 5519 revalued take a little longer to prepare and I will publish this further information in the Official Report as soon as it is ready.