§ Mr. Norman HoggTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give figures showing the total expenditure on local authority housebuilding for each year since 1979 in terms of (i) current prices, (ii) 1988 prices and (iii) share of gross domestic product.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information requested is available only in terms of financial years and in that form is set out in the table. Figures for earlier years are not readily available on a consistent basis and the last year for which final figures are available is 1986–87.
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Local Authority Expenditure on Housebuilding £ million (1) Year (2) Cash Prices1 (3) 1988–89 Constant Prices (4) Col. (2) expressed as per cent. of GDP2 1981–82 66 93 0.36 1982–83 67 87 0.33 1983–84 68 85 0.31 1984–85 64 77 0.28 1985–86 62 70 0.25 1986–87 63 69 0.23 1 Figures shown are based on housing capital returns submitted by local authorities. 2 Based on gross domestic product at factor costs, a measure which excludes taxes on expenditure and the effect of subsidies, and taken from "Regional Accounts" prepared annually by Central Statistical Office.