HC Deb 23 January 1991 vol 184 c190W
Mr. Leighton

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the level of subsidies to council housing as a percentage of gross domestic product in each of the last 10 years.

Mr. Yeo

Housing and rent rebate subsidies from Government and rate fund contributions from local authorities to council housing in Great Britain between 1990–91 and 1989–90 are:

Year £ billion GDP Per cent.
1980–81 2.5 1.0
1981–82 2.1 0.8
1982–83 2.1 0.7
1983–84 2.8 0.9
1984–85 3.1 0.9
1985–86 3.2 0.9
1986–87 3.4 0.9
1987–88 3.5 0.8
1988–89 3.4 0.7
1989–90 3.8 0.7