§ Mr. Thorntonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will estimate the net and gross amounts spent on repairing the public sector housing stock from (a) the capital account and (b) the current account for each year since 1979; and if he will make a statement.
§ Sir George YoungExpenditure on renovation and repair by local authorities in England has been as follows:
Capital £ million Current £ million 1979–80 723 691 1980–81 670 863 1981–82 619 939 1982–83 951 1,052 1983–84 1,131 1,199 1984–85 *1,240 *1,254 * Estimated. These figures relate to expenditure by local authorities on their own stock: they do not include expenditure by housing associations or new towns. It is not possible to provide figures for net capital expenditure on renovation and repairs because it is not known what proportion of such expenditure is funded from capital receipts. Nor is there an appropriate definition of 'net' current expenditure for this purpose.