HC Deb 11 December 1991 vol 200 cc423-4W
Mr. George Howarth

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been, at 1991–92 prices, the total capital expenditure undertaken by local authorities and housing associations in England each year on housing since 1961, giving separately expenditure by local authorities and housing associations up to and including the estimated outturn expenditure for 1991–92 and 1992–93, specifying the price increase assumed between 1991–92 and 1992–93.

Mr. Yeo

The available information relates to gross capital expenditure on housing in England funded by local authorities and, since 1974–75, the Housing Corporation. Comparable information for spending by housing associations in earlier years is not available.

£ million at 1991–92 prices
Local authorities1 Housing Corporation Total
1974–75 12,393 573 12,966
1975–76 9,861 723 10,584
1976–77 8,338 877 9,215
1977–78 6,960 874 7,834
1978–79 6,643 887 7,530
1979–80 6328 859 7,187
1980–81 4,952 922 5,874
1981–82 4,355 861 5,216
1982–83 4,997 1,167 6,164
1983–84 5,274 1,083 6,357
1984–85 4,920 979 5,899
1985–86 4,361 1,026 5,387
1986–87 4,215 998 5,213
1987–88 4,334 21,070 5,404
1988–89 4,455 21,093 5,548

1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91
Northern 1,240 1,440 2,330 2,120
Yorkshire and Humberside 1,430 2,200 2,830 2,670
East Midlands 2,330 1,370 1,610 790
Eastern 800 660 1,840 1,150
London 1,030 1,830 2,860 1,360
South East 1,020 930 820 1,300
South West 1,200 620 1,060 980
West Midlands 2,090 1,860 1,720 1,750
North West 4,430 3,010 4,260 3,470
England 15,570 13,920 19,330 15,590

Local authorities1 Housing Corporation Total
1989–90 5,947 21,260 7,207
31990–91 3,361 21,269 4,630
41991–92 2,991 21,930 4,921
1 Includes local authority funding of housing associations.
2 Includes estimates of additional private finance on an approvals basis.
3Provisional.
4 Estimated.

The Government do not plan local authority gross expenditure and no forecast is yet available for 1992–93. The plan for local authority capital expenditure, excluding authorities' self-financed expenditure, is £1,877 million for 1992–93 at 1991–92 prices while Housing Corporation gross capital expenditure, excluding any additional private finance, is forecast at £1,633 million for 1992–93 at 1991–92 prices. This assumes a 4.5 per cent. increase in prices between 1991–92 and 1992–93.