Housing Corporation

HC Deb 15 July 1988 vol 137 cc393-4W

Mr. Nigel Griffiths

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will update the information in the answer of 19 February,Official Report, column 776, on the gross allocation, repriced for inflation, to the Housing Corporation in Scotland for each year since 1974; and if he will give the percentage change over the previous year.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The information requested is shown in the table:

Year	Gross allocation	Percentage variation over previous	Gross allocation in real terms	Percentage variation over previous
	£ million	year	£ million	year
1974–75	14.5		16.408
1975–76	110.6	135.6	30.761	87.5
1976–77	116.3	53.8	41.791	35.6
1977–78	127.1	66.3	61.004	46.0

Year	Gross allocation	Percentage variation over previous	Gross allocation in real terms	Percentage variation over previous
	£ million	year	£ million	year
1978–79	131.4	15.9	63.852	4.7
1979–80	148.6	54.8	84.558	32.4
1980.81	165.7	35.2	96.414	14.0
1981–82	85.0	29.4	113.583	17.8
1982–83	108.5	27.6	135.197	19.0
1983–84	109.6	1.0	130.473	-4.5
1984–85	101.3	-7.6	115.442	-11.5
1985–86	104.2	2.9	112.062	-2.9
1986–87	113.8	9.2	118.636	5.9
1987–88	123.2	8.3	2123.200	3.8
1988–89	162.9	32.3	155.890	26.5
1Actual expenditure. In these years expenditure was controlled on basis of housing units to be provided rather than budget allocation.
2 Base year.