§ Mr. Robin F. Cookasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will provide figures showing, respectively, the average cost of providing a local authority house,
Cost of providing and maintaining a local authority house Exchequer contribution per house Rate fund contribution per house £ £ £ 1965–1966 … … 108.4 27.1 36.9 1966–1967 … … 118.7 28.2 42.5 1967–1968 … … 128.4 30.7 45.8 1968–1969 … … 143.2 33.1 51.9 1969–1970 … … 163.0 38.2 57.5 1970–1971 … … 176.2 45.5 53.2 1971–1972 … … 179.7 47.5 48.4 1972–1973 … … 193.9 58.6 35.0 1973–1974 … … 240.7 76.3 30.2 Note: These figures are calculated over the total housing stock of local authorities in Scotland in the years in question.
604Wgranted in Scotland in 1974–75 was £23 million. Since supplementary benefit is paid as the difference between overall payments and resources, rent payments are not separately identifiable.