§ Mr. Newtonasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will provide a table showing public expenditure on housing in Wales for each year from 1972–73 to 1981–82, in the same form as Table 2.7 in Command Paper No. 7409.
§ Mr. Alec JonesThe information is as follows:
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HOUSING—WALES £ million at 1977 survey prices 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 Current expenditure: Central government subsidies to local authority housing 19.1 15.2 30.6 42.0 49.2 50.5 48.1 45.5 45.3 45.6 Rate fund contributions to local authority housing 2.2 5.0 8.4 13.3 6.0 6.4 0.1 Subsidies to new towns 1.4 1.7 2.1 3.5 3.8 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.8 2.9 Housing association revenue deficit grants 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 Total general subsidies 22.8 22.0 41.2 58.9 59.1 59.2 50.8 48.3 48.3 48.7 Rent rebates: Central government 8.6 15.7 13.1 11.7 13.6 14.3 14.5 20.5 21.6 22.8 Rate fund contributions 1.2 2.6 3.3 3.8 4.5 4.7 5.1 Rent allowances 0.4 1.3 1.4 1.3 2.7 2.5 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.9 Total income related subsidies 10.2 19.6 17.8 16.8 20.8 21.5 22.3 23.3 24.5 25.7 Option mortgage scheme 0.8 1.5 2.1 2.3 3.1 3.3 3.8 4.1 4.3 4.6 Administration: Central government 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 Local authorities 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 Total current expenditure 35.1 44.6 62.5 79.7 84.7 85.4 78.3 77.1 78.5 80.4 Capital expenditure: Local authority investment: Land 0.7 1.2 3.5 8.0 5.0 2.2 1.5 75.0 78.7 78.3 New dwellings 33.1 36.6 55.2 73.5 76.2 49.5 49.5 Acquisitions 1.8 2.4 7.4 3.3 3.1 0.9 1.5 Improvements 30.5 35.8 34.3 19.0 13.2 9.2 10.2 Other 3.4 4.2 4.2 4.7 4.4 4.7 4.2 Total local authority investment 69.5 80.2 104.6 108.5 101.9 66.5 66.9 75.0 78.7 78.3 652W
£ million at 1977 survey prices 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 New towns investment: Land 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.1 2.4 2.3 2.3 New dwellings 2.5 3.0 5.6 8.4 6.2 2.5 2.1 Acquisitions 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 Improvements 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 Total new towns 2.7 3.2 6.2 8.7 6.4 3.1 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.3 Sales (land and dwellings): Local authorities -19.7 -7.7 -1.3 -0.1 -2.6 -2.3 -4.2 -1.8 -1.8 -2.6 New towns -1.9 -0.5 0.0 -0.1 0.0 0.3 -0.4 Associated lending (gross) 15.2 6.6 1.1 0.1 2.2 2.0 3.4 Repayments 0.0 0.0 0.0 -1.0 -0.7 -0.6 -0.6 Total sales -6.4 -1.6 -0.2 -1.1 -1.1 -1.2 -1.8 -1.8 -1.8 -2.6 Improvement grants by local authorities 24.0 33.2 30.6 10.3 8.6 8.3 10.0 11.0 11.5 11.5 Local authority lending to private persons for house purchase and improvements: Gross 17.1 25.7 45.2 19.6 15.0 11.3 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.0 Repayments -10.4 -13.4 -13.6 -15.5 -12.4 -11.9 -10.1 -9.4 -8.9 -8.4 Loans and grants to housing associations: Capital grants by central government 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.7 9.2 16.4 20.6 19.5 19.4 19.4 Loans by Housing Corporation (net) 0.9 1.1 3.7 0.7 1.5 2.8 3.6 3.4 3.4 3.4 Loans by local authorities (net) 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 Total housing associations 1.3 1.4 4.1 6.6 10.8 19.3 24.3 23.0 22.9 22.8 Savings bonus and loans scheme for first time purchasers (net) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 3.0 Other lending (net) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Total capital expenditure (net) 97.8 128.7 176.9 137.1 129.2 95.7 100.7 109.7 117.7 116.9 Total 132.9 173.3 239.4 216.8 213.9 181.1 179.0 186.8 196.2 197.3 Changes from Cmnd. 6721 revalued -33.3 -11.6 -6.9 -15.7 -5.6 Cmnd. 6721 revalued 247.2 192.7 185.9 202.5 201.8