HC Deb 30 March 1976 vol 908 c452W
Mr. Dempsey

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the total housing subsidy given to a local authority for a newly-built council house estimated to cost £12,000.

Mr. William Ross

Housing expenditure subsidy is payable not on the cost of individual houses but on the increase in a local authority's housing revenue account expenditure in one year compared with the previous year.