Public Expenditure (Housing)

HC Deb 02 April 1980 vol 982 cc234-8W

Mr. Cook

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table for public expenditure on housing based on Cmnd. 7841 of 26 March in the same form as the answer given to the right hon. Member for Ayr (Mr. Younger) on 2 April, 1979, Official Report, columns 456 to 460.

Mr. Younger

The information requested, set out in the table below, has been prepared in a form consistent with Cmnd. 7841 which, for the reasons explained in paragraph 6 of the White Paper, contains only broad totals for the years after 1980–81.

HOUSING (SCOTLAND)
£ million at 1979 survey prices*
	1974–75	1975–76	1976–77	1977–78	1978–79	1979–80	1980–81	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84
Current expenditure
General subsidies:
Central Government subsidies to local authority housing	195	188	203	166	177	211	213
Rate fund contributions to local authority housing	78	60	49	55	57	48
Subsidies to New Towns and Scottish Special Housing Association	34	42	51	58	61	62	53
Housing Association revenue deficit grants	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Total general subsidies	307	290	304	280	295	322	267
Rent rebates:
Central Government	26	27	20	32	33	39
Rate fund contributions	6	8	5	9	3	4
Rent allowances	1	1	1	2	2	2
Total income related subsidies	32	36	26	43	38	46	51
Option Mortgage Scheme	1	1	2	2	2	2	4
Administration:
Central Government	2	2	1	2	1	1	4
Local authorities	4	3	2	2	2	2
Total current expenditure	346	332	335	328	338	372	326
Capital expenditure Local authority gross expenditure:
Land	9	3	3	5	6	6
New dwellings	192	190	155	116	79	93
Acquisitions	—	—	—	—	—	—
Improvement investment	81	74	78	98	114	97
Other	11	14	10	7	8	9
Improvement grants	28	9	8	9	10	19
Gross lending to private persons for house purchase and improvement	28	22	16	20	23	20
Loans and grants to the Housing Associations	3	5	7	10	6	5
Total local authority gross expenditure	351	317	278	265	246	248	215

£ million at 1979 survey prices
	1974–75	1975–76	1976–77	1977–78	1978–79	1979–80	1980–81	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84
New Towns and Scottish Special Housing Association gross investment:
Land	4	4	3	3	1	1
New dwellings	65	94	88	62	50	49
Acquisitions	—	—	—	3	1	1
Improvements	2	2	2	8	11	12
Total New Towns and Scottish Special Housing Association gross investment:	70	101	93	76	64	63	57
Sales and repayments (land and dwellings):
Local authorities	-8	-5	-4	-4	-5	-11
New Towns and Scottish Special Housing Association	-4	-4	-4	-4	-6	-12
Associated lending (gross)	6	3	2	2	3	14
Repayments	-4	-3	-2	-2	-3	-1
Repayments of loans to private persons for house purchase and improvements	-10	-12	-9	-11	-14	-14
Repayments of loans to housing associations	-2	-2	-2	-2	-1	-1
Total sales and repayments	-22	-22	-20	-22	-26	-25	-41
Housing Corporation Schemes:
Loans and grand to housing associations:
Grass	6	15	25	23	31	45
Repayments	—	-1	-1	—	—	—
Total Housing Corporation	6	14	24	23	31	45	46
Other capital expenditure:
Savings bonus and loans scheme for first time purchase (net)	—	—	—	—	—	—
Other lending (net)	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total capital expenditure	406	410	375	343	314	330	278
Total	752	742	710	671	652	702	603	520	470	410
* All the figures have been rounded (1974–75 to 1980–81 to the nearest £1 million; remaining years to the nearest £10 million) and do not necessarily sum to the totals.