HL Deb 16 April 1980 vol 408 cc400-2WA
Lord HYLTON

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will publish a table showing:

  1. (a) the total sums approved by Parliament for expenditure on housing in Northern Ireland during 1980–81 and the previous four years (including any supplementary estimates);
  2. (b) the actual expenditure in the years in question with an estimate of the amount spent in 1979–80;
and whether they will break-down the above figures as between (i) capital and revenue spending and (ii) Belfast City and the rest of Northern Ireland.

The PARLIAMENTARY UNDERSECRETARY of STATE, NORTHERN IRELAND OFFICE (Lord Elton)

The sums to be made available for expenditure on housing in Northern Ireland for 1980–81 will shortly be considered by Parliament. The sums approved and expenditure for the financial years 1976–77 to 1979–80 under the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland Housing Services Vote (Class VI) are as follows:

Financial Year Approved by Parliament Actual Expenditure
(£ million)
1976–77 … 67.2 66.2
1977–78 … 81.8 81.4
1978–79 … 91.9 91.8
1979–80 … 126.9 126.8 (provisional)

The actual expenditure in each year can be classified as follows:—

Nature of Expenditure 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 (provisional)
(£ million)
Public Expenditure:
 Current 48.6 54.8 75.0 104.2
 Capital 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.1
Transfers to rest of Public Sector 10.1 9.6 16.0 22.5

Miscellaneous financial transactions 6.9 16.4 0.5 —
66.2 81.4 91.8 126.8

I regret that this information is not available on a geographical basis.

In addition to the sums approved by Parliament the Northern Ireland Housing Executive incurred capital expenditure which was financed by borrowing from the Northern Ireland Consolidated Fund. Capital Expenditure for the years in question was as follows:

(£ million)
1976–77 … … … 106.3
1977–78 … … … 104.8
1978–79 … … … 95.8
1979–80 … … … 87.0 (provisional)
1980–81 … … … 112.0 (provisional)

House adjourned at two minutes before nine o'clock.