Housing Revenue Accounts (Hansard, 19 October 1989)

§ Mr. McAllion
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in theOfficial Report the percentages of housing revenue accounts constituted by rate and revenue fund contributions and the actual levels of revenue fund contributions in (a) Dundee district council and (b) all Scottish district councils in each of the past 10 years for which figures are available.

§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
The amounts of rate fund contributions made to local authority housing revenue accounts by Dundee district council and by district councils in Scotland as a whole are shown in the table, together with the expression of these amounts as a percentage of total housing revenue account income:

Dundee Scotland

Contributions £ million Percentage of income Per cent. Contributions £ million Percentage of income Per cent.

1979–80 1.485 7.3 72.924 14.1

1980–81 — — 79.403 12.9

1981–82 5.438 22.9 106.275 17.3

1982–83 6.081 25.5 124.708 18.5

1983–84 6.976 28.5 123.196 18.5

1984–85 8.057 29.9 139.019 19.9

1985–86 6.754 24.1 98.393 14.1

1986–87 3.962 13.9 75.704 10.4

1987–88 2.252 7.4 41.049 5.5

1988–89 1.042 2.9 24.076 3.0

Note: Figures are based on the gross contributions made to housing revenue accounts from rate funds; these have not been netted against contributions made to rate funds from housing revenue accounts.
Source: Audited financial returns for 1979–80 to 1986–87; provisional outturns for 1987–88 and 1988–89.
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§ Mr. McAllion
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what were the levels of outstanding debt on the housing revenue accounts of(a) Dundee district council and (b) all Scottish district councils in each of the past 10 years for which figures are available.

§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
The amounts of outstanding capital debt relating to local authority housing revenue accounts at 31 March of each year are shown in the table:

£ million

Year Dundee district council Scotland

1980 96.4 2,578.7

1981 101.7 2,738.2

1982 103.9 2,848.2

1983 107.2 2,945.6

1984 111.2 3,026.3

1985 112.1 3,073.0

1986 114.8 3,164.2

1987 119.2 3,297.2

1988 127.0 3,475.3

1989 129.2 3,580.2

Source: Audited financial returns for 1980 to 1987; provisional outturns for 1988 and 1989.

	Dundee	Scotland
	Contributions £ million	Percentage of income Per cent.	Contributions £ million	Percentage of income Per cent.
1979–80	1.485	7.3	72.924	14.1
1980–81	—	—	79.403	12.9
1981–82	5.438	22.9	106.275	17.3
1982–83	6.081	25.5	124.708	18.5
1983–84	6.976	28.5	123.196	18.5
1984–85	8.057	29.9	139.019	19.9
1985–86	6.754	24.1	98.393	14.1
1986–87	3.962	13.9	75.704	10.4
1987–88	2.252	7.4	41.049	5.5
1988–89	1.042	2.9	24.076	3.0

£ million
Year	Dundee district council	Scotland
1980	96.4	2,578.7
1981	101.7	2,738.2
1982	103.9	2,848.2
1983	107.2	2,945.6
1984	111.2	3,026.3
1985	112.1	3,073.0
1986	114.8	3,164.2
1987	119.2	3,297.2
1988	127.0	3,475.3
1989	129.2	3,580.2