§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish the total central Government subsidy to local government housing for each year since 1945; and if he will accompany this with a table giving the total income tax mortgage concessions to owner-occupiers.
§ Mr. ChannonThe total payments of subsidies (including improvement contributions) to local authorities, new towns 303W and housing associations in Great Britain are in column 1 of the following Table. Tax relief on mortgage interest payments for owner-occupiers in the United Kingdom is in column 2. As Great Britain's figures for tax relief are not available the two columns are not directly comparable.
Column 1 Great Britain Subsidies to local authorities Column 2 United Kingdom Tax relief on mortgage interest payments £m. £m. 1945–46 17 10 1946–47 17 10 1947–48 22 10 1948–49 39 15 1949–50 31 15 1950–51 29 15 1951–52 32 20 1952–53 37 20 1953–54 44 25 1954–55 52 25 1955–56 60 30 1956–57 63 35 1957–58 66 40 1958–59 72 45 1959–60 77 50 1960–61 78 70 1961–62 82 75 1962–63 85 75 1963–64 87 90 1964–65 95 110 1965–66 101 135 1966–67 108 155 1967–68 122 180 1968–69 139 195 1969–70 162 235 1970–71 203 300 The figures before 1960–61 are very approximate.