§ Mr. Newtonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will provide a table showing public expenditure on housing in Scotland for each year from 1972–73 to 1981–82, in the same form as Table 2.7 in Command Paper No. 7409.
§ Mr. MillanThe information requested is as follows:
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£ 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 100 120 155 151 163 135 130 171 169 171 Rate fund contributions to local authority housing 58 46 62 47 39 44 38 Subsidies to new towns and Scottish Special Housing Association 24 57 27 34 41 49 55 58 61 63 Housing association revenue deficit grants — — — 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Total general subsidies 182 223 244 232 245 228 223 230 231 235 Rent rebates: Central Government 19 32 32 28 29 31 33 44 46 49 Rate fund contributions 2 5 7 8 8 9 10 Rent allowances: Central Government — 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 Rate fund contributions — — — — — 1 1 Total income related subsidies 21 39 40 38 39 43 45 47 49 52 Option mortgage xcheme — 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 Administration: Central Government 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Local authorities 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Total current expenditure 206 266 290 275 288 275 273 281 285 292 Capital expenditure: Local authority investment: Land 10 14 6 2 2 5 4 198 211 210 New dwellings 200 159 164 162 132 91 93 Acquisitions — — — — — — — Improvements 35 87 70 64 67 74 72 Other 5 5 9 12 8 10 10 Total local authority investment 249 265 249 239 210 180 180 198 211 210
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£ 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 and Scottish Special Housing Association Investment: Land 2 1 2 3 2 1 2 77 80 30 New dwellings 44 44 55 80 75 74 59 Acquisitions — — — — — — 1 improvements 3 2 2 2 2 3 13 Total new towns and Scottish Special Housing Association Investment 49 48 59 85 79 78 75 77 80 80 Sales (land and dwellings): Local authorities -11 -6 -6 -4 -4 -4 -5 -8 -8 -8 New towns and Scottish Special Housing Association -12 -11 -3 -3 -3 -5 -5 Associated lending (gross) 14 9 5 2 2 3 3 Repayments -2 -2 -3 -2 -2 -2 -2 Total sales -11 -11 -7 -7 -7 -8 -9 -8 -8 -8 Improvements grants by local authorities 24 30 24 7 7 13 14 14 14 14 Local authority lending to private persons for house purchase and improvements: Gross 9 15 21 17 12 21 14 14 14 14 Repayments -8 7 -6 -8 -8 -9 -10 -10 -10 -10 Loans and grants to housing associations: Capital grants by central Government — — — 1 10 20 22 49 51 55 Loans by Housing Corporation (net) 3 5 5 11 13 10 22 Loans by local authorities (net) - 2 1 3 3 1 -1 Total housing associations 4 6 6 16 26 32 43 49 51 55 Savings bonus and loans scheme for first-time purchasers (net) purchasers (net) — — — — — — — — 3 4 Other lending (net) — — — — — — — — — — Total capital expenditure (net) 316 347 346 349 319 306 307 336 355 360 Total 522 613 636 624 607 581 579 617 640 652 Changes from Cmnd. 6721 revalued -72 -46 -30 -53 -31 Cmnd. 6721 revalued 679 627 610 670 671 Because of rounding, the figures do not necessarily sum to the totals.