§ Lord Irving of Dartfordasked Her Majesty's Government:
What was the expenditure on local authority housing in each of the last 10 years.
§ The Minister of State, Department of the Environment (Lord Elton)The figures for expenditure on local authority housing in Great Britain given below show, in the first column, gross capital expenditure on new house-building and on renovation of the local authority stock and, in the second column, current expenditure on the Housing Revenue Account. In Scotland, 1978/79 is the first year for which the latter information is available.
£ million Gross capital expenditure Housing Revenue Account expenditure 1976/77 1,945 2,356* 1977/78 1,884 2,590* 1978/79 1,829 3,465 1979/80 2,090 4,306 1980/81 1,945 5,179 1981/82 1,622 5,492 1982/83 1,951 5,722 1983/84 2,164 5,870 1984/85 2,282 6,165 1985/86 (estimated) 1,957 6,602 * England and Wales only