HC Deb 02 April 1979 vol 965 cc456-60W
Mr. Younger

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if, pursuant to his answer of 26 January 1978, Official Report, column 687, he will publish an updated table for public expenditure on housing in Scotland based on Cmnd. 7439 of January.

Mr. Millan

The information requested is as follows:

£ million at 1978 Survey Prices
1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83
Current expenditure
General subsidies
Central Government subsidies to local authority housing 130 170 166 181 156 144 196 197 201 211
Rate fund contributions to local authority housing 50 67 51 42 48 49
Subsidies to new towns and Scottish Special Housing Association 62 29 36 45 51 58 62 66 70 72
Housing association revenue deficit grants — 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Total general subsidies 242 267 254 270 256 252 259 264 272 284
Rent rebates
Central Government 35 22 22 16 26 32 37 37 42 43
Rate fund contributions 6 4 6 6 7 3
Rent allowances
Central Government contribution 1 1 1 — 1 1 1 2 2 2
Rate fund contributions — — — — — — — — — —
Total income related subsidies 42 27 29 22 35 36 38 39 44 45
Option mortgage scheme 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 6 7
Administration
Central Government 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Local authorities 3 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Total current expenditure 289 300 288 297 295 293 303 311 325 339
Capital expenditure
Local authority investment
Land 16 7 2 3 4 5 193 201 200 195
New dwellings 169 174 172 141 105 90
Acquisitions — — — — — —
Improvements 92 74 68 71 89 85
Other 5 10 12 9 7 10
Total local authority investment 283 265 254 224 205 191 193 201 200 195

£ million at 1978 Survey Prices
1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83
New towns and Scottish Special Housing Association investment
Land 1 3 4 2 2 2 77 76 76 76
New dwellings 47 59 85 80 56 52
Acquisitions — — — — 4 2
Improvements 2 2 2 2 7 12
Total new towns and Scottish Special Housing Association investment 51 64 91 84 70 68 77 76 76 76
Sales-land and dwellings Local authorities -7 -7 -4 -4 -4 -5 -9 -9 -9 -9
New towns and Scottish Special Housing Association -12 -4 -4 -3 -3 -6
Associated lending-gross 10 5 3 2 2 3
Repayments -3 -3 -3 -3 -2 -2
Total sales -12 -8 -8 -8 -8 -10 -9 -9 -9 -9
Improvement grants by local authorities 32 25 8 8 8 16 33 33 33 33
Local authority lending to private persons for house purchase and improvements Gross 16 23 18 13 16 15
Repayments -8 -9 -10 -8 -10 -12 -12 -12 -12 -12
Loans and grants to housing associations
Local authority schemes:
Capital grants — — — 2 5 3 3 3 4 4
Net lending 2 1 3 3 3 —
Housing Corporation schemes:
Capital grants — — 1 9 16 32 50 50 50 50
Net lending 5 6 12 13 6 11
Total 7 6 16 27 29 46 53 55 61 63
Savings bonus and loans scheme for first time purchasers (net) — — — — — — — 4 6 6
Other lending (net) — — — — — — — — — —
Total capital expenditure (net) 369 366 370 339 310 314 335 348 355 351
Total 658 666 658 636 605 607 638 659 681 690
Changes from Cmnd. 7049 revalued -1 +3 -7 -11 -4
Cmnd. 7049 revalued 606 604 645 670 684