§ Mr. Alec Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales what moneys were allocated to, and taken up by, housing associations in Wales in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. Michael RobertsAllocations were not made to housing associations before the introduction of cash controls on Housing Corporation expenditure in 1976. Since then the following allocations have been made:
£ million 1976–77 14.8 1977–78 20.1 1978–79. 30.7 Housing Association expenditure in Wales was not separately funded until 1972. At outturn prices the take.up was:
£ million 1972–73. 0.4 1973–74. 0.8 1974–75. 3.2 1975–76. 4.8 1976–77. 10.2 1977–78. 18.1 1978–79. 22.3