HC Deb 21 February 1992 vol 204 cc305-6W
Mr. Wilson

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many vessels operating in support of the North sea oil industry, United Kingdom sector, are under(a) the British flag and (b) foreign flags, by country.

Sir Wyn Roberts

The information is available only by financial year. Figures for the financial years 1987–88 to 1990–91 are given in the following table. They have been derived from local authorities housing revenue account subsidy claim forms. Expenditure in 1990–91 is the sum of maintenance expenditure charged either to the housing revenue account or the housing repairs account.

Council house maintenance expenditure in Wales
£ million
1987–88 191.8
1988–89 94.6
1989–90 106.5
1990–91 2110.1
1 Includes an estimate for those authorities who did not submit subsidy claim forms.
2 Provisional.