§ Mr. Sedgemoreasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the £300 million cuts in housing expenditure for the year 1978–79 at 1975 and at 1976 survey prices;
(2) if he will publish a revaluation of the figures on housing expenditure for the years 1971–72 to 1980–81 given in Table 2.7 of Command Paper No. 6721–II 1975 at survey prices.
§ Mr. FreesonThe figures for the £300 million cuts at 1976 Survey prices are as follows:
£ million England Housing associations (grants and loans) 94 Local authority investment: (a) Land 50 (b) Acquisitions 70 New Towns investment 41 255 Scotland and Wales 45 300 Figures at 1975 Survey prices for the programmes set out in Cmnd. 6721 are not readily available. Comparisons with the programmes in Cmnd. 6393 can, however, be provided at 1976 Survey prices if my hon. Friend desires.