HC Deb 24 November 1971 vol 826 c356W
49. Mr. Meacher

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what he estimates will be the net gain or loss from the combination over the next decade of the growth of mortgage tax relief or the redistribution of local authority housing subsidies to those in the income bands, respectively, under £1,000 a year. £1,001–£2,000, £2001–£5,000, and over £5,000 a year.

Mr. Amery

Such estimates would depend on many factors and assumptions and would not be reliable.

92. Mr. Frank Allaun

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment by how much he estimates the present £155 million a year Government subsidy to council housing will increase by 1975–76, based on the anticipated growth in numbers of council houses by that year under existing subsidy provisions.

Mr. Amery

If the existing system continued, estimated net charges on the Consolidated Fund in connection with housing in England and Wales for 1975–76 might be about £550 million, as compared with about £350 million for 1971–72.