§ Mr. Nigel Griffithsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will give the budget allocated to Edinburgh by the Housing Corporation in each year from 1977 to 1987;
(2) if he will give the budget allocated to Edinburgh by the Housing Corporation in each year from 1977 to 1987, repriced for inflation;
(3) if he will give the budget allocated to Edinburgh by the Housing Corporation in each year from 1977 to 1987, as a percentage of the corporation's budget.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonI shall ask the Housing Corporation to write to the hon. Member.
§ Mr. Nigel Griffithsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will give the budget allocated to Scotland by the Housing Corporation in each year from 1977 to 1987;
(2) if he will give the budget allocated to Scotland by the Housing Corporation in each year from 1977 to 1987, repriced for inflation;
(3) if he will give the budget allocated to Scotland by the Housing Corporation in each year from 1977 to 1987, as a percentage of the corporation's budget.
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§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe budget for the Housing Corporation in Scotland is provided by Scottish Office Ministers and resources made available are shown in the table below. Information about expenditure in Scotland as a percentage of expenditure by the Housing Corporation is published in the corporation's annual report.
Year Gross allocation Adjusted for inflation £ million £ million 1977–78 l27.1 61.0 1978–79 131.4 63.8 1979–80 148.6 84.5 1980–81 165.7 96.4 1981–82 85.0 113.6 1982–83 108.5 135.3 1983–84 109.6 130.6 1984–85 101.3 115.6 1985–86 104.2 112.2 1986–87 113.8 118.3 1987–88 123.2 1 Actual expenditure. In these years expenditure was controlled on basis of housing units to be provided rather than budget allocation.