§ Mr. Dewarasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a breakdown for Scotland, at 1980 survey prices, of public expenditure on housing for the years 1980–81 and 1981–82 in the same format as is provided for England and Wales in table 2.7 of Cmnd. 8175 and projected figures for Scotland at 1980 survey prices for aggregate public expenditure on housing for the years 1982–83 and 1983–84, corresponding to the projected aggregate figures for England and Wales presented in table 2.7 of Cmnd. 8175.
§ Mr. YoungerThe information requested is as follows:
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£ million at 1980 survey prices* 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 Total income related subsidies 51 59 Option mortgage scheme 4 4 Administration: Central government 2 4 Local authorities 2 TOTAL CURRENT EXPENDITURE 358 269 CAPITAL EXPENDITURE Local authority gross expenditure: Land 2 New dwellings 72 Acquisitions — Improvement investment 110 Other 11 Improvement grants 22 Gross lending to private persons for house purchase and improvements 29 Loans and grants to the housing associations 6 Total local authority gross expenditure 251 277 New towns and Scottish Special Housing Association gross investment: Land 1 New dwellings 54 Acquisitions 1 Improvements 13 Total new towns and Scottish Special Housing Association gross investment 68 68 Sales and repayments: Land and dwellings, local authorities -54 New towns and Scottish Special Housing Association -20 Associated lending—gross -47 Repayments -3 Repayments of loans to private persons for house purchase and improvement -14 Repayments of loans to housing associations -1 Total sales and repayments -46 -52 Housing Corporation schemes: Net loans and grants to housing associations 54 52 Savings bonus and loans scheme for first time purchasers (net) and other lending (net) — TOTAL CAPITAL EXPENDITURE 329 345 TOTAL PROGRAMME 687 614 540 460 * All the figures have been rounded (1980–81 to 1981–82 to the nearest £1 million; remaining years to the nearest £10 million) and do not necessarily sum to the totals.