§ Mr. Wyn Robertsasked the Secretary of State for Wales what percentage of total housing expenditure in Wales in 1978–79 is devoted to municipalisation or renovation; and how the figure compares with the English figure of 13 per cent.
§ Mr. Alec JonesTwenty-two per cent. of the total allocation for local authority capital investment is expected to be spent on acquisitions of property and capitalised repairs and rehabilitation works on all dwellings owned by local authorities. This proportion takes no account of expenditure on improvement grants to private owners, or work financed by the Housing Corporation. I am unable to identify the English figure of 13 per cent. for purposes of comparison.