§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list any unilateral actions taken by any member of the EEC since 1st January 1973 in areas for which his Department is responsible for negotiating on behalf of the United Kingdom, following inability of all EEC members to agree on common action.
§ Dr. J. Dickson MabonMy Department maintains no systematic record of unilateral actions which may have been taken by member States.
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE AT £ MILLION 1976 SURVEY PRICES 1973–74 (Outturn) 1977–78 (Cmnd. 5519) 1977–78 (Cmnd. 6721) (a) Local authority improvement investment 492 215 318 (b) Improvement grants 189 178 72 (c) Loans and grants to housing associations for improvement work 20 100 100 The figures are based on Cmnd. 6721 with the additional expenditure of £30 million in 1977–78 announced by the Secretary of State for the Environment on 2nd May. The figures for improvement grants include small amounts for housing associations not included in line (c). The figures in line (c) are approximate as records are not kept so as to identify precisely the improvement element in housing association schemes. The figures for 1977–78 from Cmnd. 5519, published in December 1973, have been revalued to 1976 Survey Prices.