Council House Repairs

HC Deb 27 June 1980 vol 987 c360W

Mr. Frank Allaun

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the average cost at constant prices of repairs to council houses for each of the past five years.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

Following is the information for England and Wales:

Financial year	Average cost per local authority dwelling of repairs at 1979/80 prices
	£p.a.
1975–76	113
1976–77	111
1977–78	121
1978–79	130
1979–80	131

Note

Average cost of repairs from local authorities' housing revenue accounts adjusted by the consumers' expenditure deflator.