HC Deb 27 July 1988 vol 138 cc269-70W
Mr. Worthington

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in theOfficial Report a summarised housing revenue account consistent with table 17.1 of Cm. 288-II, for each of the years 1982–83 to 1990–91 for (a) Welsh local authorities, (b) new town development corporations in Wales and (c) housing corporation-financed housing in Wales.

Mr. Grist

For Welsh local authorities for the years 1982–83 to 1985–86 the requested information can be found at table 63 of "Welsh Housing Statistics 1987", a copy of which can be found in the Library of the House. Revised figures for 1986–87 and provisional figures for 1987–88 on the same basis are as follows. Figures for later years are not available.

The information for new town development corporations and the Housing Corporation for the same years can be found at table 64 of the same publication which shows expenditure from 1982–83 to 1985–86. Revised figures for 1986–87 and provisional figures for 1987–88 are also shown in the following table:

Housing Revenue Account: Income and Expenditure
(£ thousands)
1986–87 11987–88
Income
Unrebated rent of dwellings 227,098 232,744
Net rent of land and building other than dwellings 2,314 2,376
Government subsidy 8,698 11,762
Contributions from other local authorities 239 250
Mortgage interest from former tenants 13,311 12,426
Interest from unapplied capital receipts 19,205 18,843
Contributions from the General Rate Fund 2,318 2,369
Administration of rent rebates scheme 2,998 3,970
Other (excluding rent rebates) 11,815 11,823
Other income—Total 287,996 296,563
Expenditure
Supervision and management:
General 25,385 28,083
Special 15,999 17,844
Repairs and maintenance 88,213 92,754

1986–87 11987–88
Debt charges:
Repayment of principal 23,481 25,452
Interest on outstanding loan debt 122,578 132,638
Capital expenditure met from revenue:
Revenue contributions to capital outlay 4,453 4,016
Other
Transfers to General Rate Fund 1,448 1,516
Other Expenditure 4,405 5,135
Total 285,962 307,438
Dwelling in HRA at end of March 253,000 248,000
1 Provisional.

Public expenditure on housing
(£ million)
1986–87 11987–88
Housing corporation:
Gross loans and grants to housing associations 51.5 64.5
Receipts -5.1 -7.1
Total net Housing Corporation expenditure 46.4 57.4
New towns:
Gross expenditure:
Land
New dwellings 0.6 0.1
Renovations
Total new towns gross expenditure 0.6 0.1
Receipts:
Sales -1.4 -5.5
Repayment of sums outstanding on sales of dwellings -0.5 -0.2
Total new towns receipts -1.9 -5.7
Total new towns expenditure -1.3 -5.6
1 Provisional.

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