Housing (Hansard, 12 March 1980)

§ Mr. Ralph Howell
asked the Secretary of State for the Enviroment if he wilt publish figures for the years 1960, 1970, 1975, and 1979, using £ per week and indices, 1960=100, showing gross, unrebated, and net, rebated, rents per dwelling in the public sector, gross and net average mortgage payments, average manual earnings average earnings, and the index of retail prices.

§ Mr Geoffrey Finsberg
The available information is as follows.
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Year Average unrebated local authority rent Average rebated local authority rent Average gross mortgage payment Average male manual earnings Average earnings—Full-time adults Index of Retail prices

Year £ 1960|100 £ 1960|100 £ 1960|100 £ 1960|100 £ 1960|100

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)

1960 1–07 100 105 100 1–80 100 14–53 100 ^* 100

1970 2–40 224 2–33 222 4–46 248 28–05 193 26–10 149

1975 4–40 411 3.85 367 8.17 453 59.58 410 54.00 274

1979 6–56 613 5–88 560 ^* — 96–94 667 89–60 455

^* Not available.

Notes:
The figures in Columns (1) to (6) relate to England and Wales, those in Columns (7), (8) and (10) to United Kingdom and those in Column (9) to Great Britain. Information on mortgage payments net of tax relief etc. is not available.
Sources:
Columns (1) and (3)—Department of Employment and CIPFA rent returns.
Column (5)—Family Expenditure Survey.
Columns (7), (9) and (10)—Department of Employment Gazette.
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§ Mr. Ralph Howell
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table comparing current expenditure on debt charges in the housing sector with capital expenditure on new public sector dwellings in 1960, 1970, 1975, 1978 and 1979.

§ Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg
The figures for England and Wales are as follows:

Debt Charges in the Housing Revenue Account£ million Capital Expenditure by Local Authorities: New construction, dwellings £ million

1960–61 196 223

1970–71 581 526

1975–76 1,315 1,461

1977–78 1,663 1,630

1978–79^* 1,942^* 1,447^*

^* The 1978–79 figures are provisional estimates

The figures for the years before 1978–79 are published in Local Government Financial Statistics. The 1960–61 figure for capital expenditure includes land and all other housing revenue account capital expenditure. For other years the figure is for new construction—that is excluding land—HRA dwellings only.

§ Mr. Ralph Howell
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what percentage of local authority capital expenditure on housing was paid for by contributions from the housing revenue account, in 1960, 1965, 1970, 1975 and 1979.

§ Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg
The percentage of local authority capital expenditure paid for by revenue contributions from the Housing Revenue Account are as follows:

1960–61 1.1 per cent.

1965–66 0.5 per cent.

1970–71 0.5 per cent.

1975–76 0.8 per cent.

1978–79 2.3 per cent.

(provisional estimate)

All the figures are for England and Wales.

Year	Average unrebated local authority rent	Average rebated local authority rent	Average gross mortgage payment	Average male manual earnings	Average earnings—Full-time adults	Index of Retail prices
Year	£	1960\|100	£	1960\|100	£	1960\|100	£	1960\|100	£	1960\|100
	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)
1960	1–07	100	105	100	1–80	100	14–53	100	^*	100
1970	2–40	224	2–33	222	4–46	248	28–05	193	26–10	149
1975	4–40	411	3.85	367	8.17	453	59.58	410	54.00	274
1979	6–56	613	5–88	560	^*	—	96–94	667	89–60	455
^* Not available.

	Debt Charges in the Housing Revenue Account£ million	Capital Expenditure by Local Authorities: New construction, dwellings £ million
1960–61	196	223
1970–71	581	526
1975–76	1,315	1,461
1977–78	1,663	1,630
1978–79^*	1,942^*	1,447^*
^* The 1978–79 figures are provisional estimates

1960–61	1.1 per cent.
1965–66	0.5 per cent.
1970–71	0.5 per cent.
1975–76	0.8 per cent.
1978–79	2.3 per cent.
(provisional estimate)