Housing (Expenditure)

HC Deb 29 October 1976 vol 918 cc397-8W

Mr. Nicholas Edwards

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what was total Government expenditure on housing in

data is available, the information requested is set out in the table below:

Wales in 1974–75 and 1975–76; and what is the estimated figure for 1976–77.

Mr. Alec Jones

Total central Government expenditure on housing in Wales in the years referred to is as follows:

				£ million
1974–75	…	…	…	37.4
1975–76	…	…	…	54.5
1976–77	…	…	…	69.4

The first two years are at outturn prices. The 1976–77 figure is an estimate of final expenditure at 1975 Survey Prices.