Housing

HC Deb 09 February 1982 vol 17 cc353-8W

Mr. Russell Johnston

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the total cost in Scotland in 1981–82 of (a) rent rebates, (b) rent allowances, (c) central Government grants to local authorities for housing and (d) contributions from rate funds to the housing revenue accounts of local authorities.

Mr. Rifkind

The figures requested are as follows:

(a) £67.68 million (central Government and local authority costs)

(b) £3.55 million (central Government and local authority costs)

(a) £238.4 million of which

	£ million
Housing support grant	161.9
*Rent rebate subsidy	53.3
*Rent allowance subsidy	3.4
Home improvement grants	15.5
Slum clearance subsidy	2.7
Sites for travelling people	1.1
Environmental improvement grants	0.5
	238.4

^* The amounts for rent rebate subsidy and rent allowance subsidy are also included in the amounts given at (a) and (b).

(d) £1152 million (source: Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, May 1981).

Mr. Russell Johnston

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report the proportion of the housing revenue account of each district and islands council in Scotland, which, in each of the last four years, has been met by income from (a) rents, (b) Government subsidies, (c) rate fund contributions and (d) other sources.

Mr. Rifkind

The information requested is as follows:

Authority and Year	Rents	Government subsidies	Rate Fund Contributions	Other Sources
	Per cent.	Per cent.	Per cent.	Per cent.
Berwickshire
1978–79	47	46	6	1
1979–80	40	56	—	4
1980–81	40	50	—	10
1981–82	51	39	—	10
Ettrick and Lauderdale
1978–79	50	44	5	1
1979–80	47	52	—	1
1980–81	44	48	—	8
1981–82	55	30	—	15
Roxburgh
1978–79	51	38	7	4
1979–80	50	42	2	6
1980–81	50	44	1	5

Authority and Year	Rents	Government subsidies	Rate Fund Contributions	Other Sources
	Per cent.	Per cent.	Per cent.	Per cent.
1981–82	63	32	4	1
Tweeddale
1978–79	57	39	4	—
1979–80	51	35	8	6
1980–81	57	31	4	8
1981–82	70	8	16	6
Clackmannan
1978–79	60	35	4	1
1979–80	48	35	14	3
1980–81	48	32	12	8
1981–82	58	18	23	1
Falkirk
1978–79	45	32	19	4
1979–80	39	44	13	4
1980–81	48	38	11	3
1981–82	57	19	19	5
Stirling
1978–79	56	27	14	3
1979–80	52	27	19	2
1980–81	45	22	25	8
1981–82	49	8	42	1
Annandale and Eskdale
1978–79	48	44	—	8
1979–80	50	37	11	2
1980–81	47	40	7	6
1981–82	60	29	11	—
Nithsdale
1978–79	58	33	—	9
1979–80	55	34	—	11
1980–81	61	26	8	5
1981–82	80	—	16	4
Stewartry
1978–79	54	45	1	—
1979–80	49	37	12	2
1980–81	51	39	5	5
1981–82	66	25	6	3
Wigtown
1978–79	58	36	—	6
1979–80	49	40	3	8
1980–81	53	40	1	6
1981–82	71	22	4	3
Dunfermline
1978–79	49	35	16	—
1979–80	47	42	9	2
1980–81	47	43	7	3
1981–82	69	18	11	2
Kirkcaldy
1978–79	53	41	1	5
1979–80	47	43	6	4
1980–81	51	43	—	6
1981–82	66	16	11	7
North-East Fife
1978–79	53	42	4	1
1979–80	53	38	6	3
1980–81	60	34	—	6
1981–82	76	16	5	3
Aberdeen
1978–79	49	38	10	3
1979–80	40	40	14	6
1980–81	39	39	18	4
1981–82	42	30	27	1

Authority and Year	Rents	Government subsidies	Rate Fund Contributions	Other Sources
	Per cent.	Per cent.	Per cent.	Per cent.
Banff & Buchan
1978–79	41	48	2	9
1979–80	41	55	—	4
1980–81	37	55	2	6
1981–82	53	43	—	4
Gordon
1978–79	43	38	14	5
1979–80	39	54	6	1
1980–81	37	50	6	7
1981–82	46	38	13	3
Kinkardine & Deeside
1978–79	41	48	7	4
1979–80	37	54	7	2
1980–81	39	52	2	7
1981–82	52	31	14	3
Moray
1978–79	36	36	6	22
1979–80	37	50	—	13
1980–81	37	42	—	21
1981–82	48	37	—	15
Badenoch & Strathspey
1978–79	39	43	17	1
1979–80	31	43	21	5
1980–81	35	45	13	7
1981–82	47	42	11	—
Caithness
1978–79	45	38	16	1
1979–80	41	49	10	—
1980–81	38	36	21	5
1981–82	53	34	11	2
Inverness
1978–79	52	39	6	3
1979–80	46	51	—	3
1980–81	43	42	10	5
1981–82	53	26	20	1
Lochaber
1978–79	33	37	29	1
1979–80	26	57	12	5
1980–81	29	55	11	5
1981–82	39	46	14	1
Nairn
1978–79	51	48	—	1
1979–80	45	46	—	9
1980–81	42	47	2	9
1981–82	49	26	18	7
Ross & Cromarty
1978–79	28	51	19	2
1979–80	26	58	14	2
1980–81	28	57	13	2
1981–82	39	54	5	2
Skye & Lochalsh
1978–79	33	43	26	*–2
1979–80	31	56	16	*–3
1980–81	32	46	19	3
1981–82	39	36	16	9
Sutherland
1978–79	45	42	12	1
1979–80	43	53	—	4
1980–81	41	52	—	7
1981–82	52	22	11	5

Authority and Year	Rents	Government subsidies	Rate Fund Contributions	Other Sources
	Per cent.	Per cent.	Per cent.	Per cent.
East Lothian
1978–79	54	42	10	*–6
1979–80	47	50	—	3
1980–81	44	46	—	10
1981–82	60	26	7	7
Edinburgh
1978–79	64	28	4	4
1979–80	57	32	9	2
1980–81	60	34	3	3
1981–82	71	17	11	1
Mid Lothian
1978–79	53	37	4	6
1979–80	43	43	8	6
1980–81	46	39	5	10
1981–82	58	17	18	7
West Lothian
1978–79	46	32	21	1
1979–80	42	36	21	1
1980–81	44	36	17	3
1981–82	72	13	12	3
Argyll & Bute
1978–79	39	41	18	2
1979–80	36	52	10	2
1980–81	38	46	11	5
1981–82	51	33	10	6
Bearsden & Milngave
1978–79	45	34	20	1
1979–80	41	38	18	3
1980–81	40	30	25	5
1981–82	51	12	37	—
Clydebank
1978–79	39	39	21	1
1979–80	35	47	19	*–1
1980–81	40	49	7	4
1981–82	53	37	9	1
Clydesdale
1978–79	60	35	1	4
1979–80	53	39	3	5
1980–81	59	32	—	9
1981–82	75	9	12	4
Cumbernauld & Kilsyth
1978–79	44	30	26	—
1979–80	50	30	19	1
1980–81	46	23	30	1
1981–82	72	—	28	—
Cumnock & Doon Valley
1978–79	49	33	14	4
1979–80	46	39	13	2
1980–81	50	33	11	6
1981–82	65	13	19	3
Cunninghame
1978–79	52	39	9	—
1979–80	51	36	13	10
1980–81	45	33	21	1
1981–82	64	17	17	2
Dumbarton
1978–79	43	32	20	5
1979–80	38	39	20	3
1980–81	44	37	14	5
1981–82	61	11	26	2
East Kilbride

Authority and Year	Rents	Government subsidies	Rate Fund Contributions	Other Sources
	Per cent.	Per cent.	Per cent.	Per cent.
1978–79	53	34	9	4
1979–80	42	32	17	9
1980–81	45	29	14	12
1981–82	55	6	36	3
Eastwood
1978–79	61	29	9	1
1979–80	46	23	22	9
1980–81	51	26	14	9
1981–82	64	—	34	2
Glasgow
1978–79	51	31	17	1
1979–80	41	33	24	2
1980–81	40	33	24	3
1981–82	49	26	23	2
Hamilton
1978–79	41	29	26	4
1979–80	37	36	23	4
1980–81	38	33	24	5
1981–82	47	17	32	3
Inverclyde
1978–79	49	34	15	2
1979–80	48	44	7	1
1980–81	48	45	4	3
1981–82	54	28	14	4
Kilmarnock and Loudoun
1978–79	49	33	16	2
1979–80	45	35	17	3
1980–81	53	40	2	5
1981–82	72	15	12	1
Kyle and Carrick
1978–79	57	41	2	—
1979–80	53	45	1	1
1980–81	50	43	4	3
1981–82	55	25	19	1
Monklands
1978–79	46	25	27	2
1979–80	45	30	21	4
1980–81	42	24	29	5
1981–82	52	19	28	1
Motherwell
1978–79	49	31	17	3
1979–80	45	36	16	3
1980–81	44	34	17	5
1981–82	60	19	18	3
Renfrew
1978–79	50	29	17	4
1979–80	46	32	19	3
1980–81	51	32	11	6
1981–82	67	7	22	4
Strathkelvin
1978–79	49	42	9	—
1979–80	43	32	21	4
1980–81	45	34	16	5
1981–82	62	17	19	2
Angus
1978–79	49	43	—	8
1979–80	43	47	—	10
1980–81	39	44	—	17
1981–82	65	23	—	17
Dundee
1978–79	54	32	14	—

Authority and Year	Rents	Government subsidies	Rate Fund Contributions	Other Sources
	Per cent.	Per cent.	Per cent.	Per cent.
1979–80	53	35	7	5
1980–81	55	38	—	7
1981–82	52	21	25	2
Perth and Kinross
1978–79	51	37	—	12
1979–80	44	42	—	14
1980–81	49	34	—	17
1981–82	82	10	—	8
Orkney Island
1978–79	25	39	30	6
1979–80	25	58	17	—
1980–81	28	57	11	4
1981–82	37	38	25	—
Shetland Island
1978–79	24	62	13	1
1979–80	18	57	24	1
1980–81	16	43	38	3
1981–82	27	58	14	1
Western Isles
1978–79	31	46	19	4
1979–80	29	41	30	—
1980–81	31	43	23	3
1981–82	36	36	27	1

^*Negative income adjustments in respect of previous years taken into account.

Source

1978— to 1980–81—Local Authority returns to Scottish Developments Department

1981–82—Charted Institute of Public Finance and Accounting Rating Review.

Sir Brandon Rhys Williams

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his latest estimate of total public expenditure on housing in Scotland in 1981–82 at 1981 cash prices, divided into capital and current account spending.

Mr. Younger

The latest estimate of total gross public expenditure on housing in Scotland in 1981–82 at cash prices is £959 million, comprising £407 million for current and £552 million for capital.