§ Mr. Michael Lathamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table showing the total amount of rate fund contributions to housing revenue accounts made by local housing authorities in England for each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. KaufmanThe figures readily available are as follows:
£'000 Contributions from general rate Contributions to general rate Net Contribution Year fund fund 1965–66 … 32,454 180 32,274 1966–67 … 35,448 568 34,880 1967–68 … 36,662 661 36,001 1968–69 … 42,888 462 42,426 1969–70 … 55,095 391 55,504 1970–71 … 53,192 497 52,695 1971–72 … 38,369 23,858 14,511 Source: Local Government Financial Statistics.