§ Mr. George Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will state the proportion of local authority housing revenue owed from rents, rate subsidy and Exchequer subsidy, respectively, and the proportion of local authority housing costs represented by maintenance, management, interest and amortisation, respectively.
§ Mr. FreesonThe make-up of the aggregated housing revenue accounts of274W local authorities in England for 1976–77 is estimated as follows:
Expenditure % Repairs and maintenance 17 Supervision and management 13 Interest charges 61 Debt redemption 6 Other expenditure 3 100
Income Gross rents (dwellings) … 53 [41] Other rents … 2 Exchequer subsidy … 36 [45] Rate fund contribution … 7 [10] Other income … 2 100 The figures in brackets are the percentages for rents net of rebates, and for Exchequer subsidy and rate fund contributions including subsidy and contribution respectively for rent rebates.