§ Mr. Alec Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in a form similar to table 2.7 of Cmnd. 8494 details of housing expenditure forecast in Wales for 1982–83; and how this compares with the previous five years.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe information is as follows:
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1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 Option mortgage scheme 3 4 4 5 7 6 Administration Central Government — — — — 1 6 Local authorities 2 3 5 5 4 – Total current expenditure 58 65 81 90 63 37 Capital expenditure Local authority gross expenditure Land 2 2 2 1 — New dwellings 61 48 57 59 55 Acquisitions 2 2 3 2 1 Improvement Investment 11 15 20 22 19 Other 3 2 2 2 3 Improvement grants 8 11 15 15 19 Gross lending to private persons for house purchase and improvements 13 25 25 10 9 Loans and grants to the housing associations 1 — — — — Total local authority gross expenditure 101 105 124 111 106 150 New towns gross investment Land — — — 1 1 New dwellings 3 3 4 3 2 Improvements — — — — — Total new towns gross investment 3 3 4 4 3 4 Sales and repayments Land and dwellings, local authorities -4 -8 -10 -13 -81 New towns — — -1 -2 -5 Associated lending—gross 2 6 4 6 44 Repayments -1 -2 -2 -2 -2 Repayments of loans to private persons for house purchase and improvements -13 -16 -13 -12 -15 Repayment of loans to housing associations — -3 — — — Total sales and repayments -16 -23 -22 -23 -59 -62 Housing corporation schemes Net loans and grants to housing associations 18 22 25 29 33 39 Savings bonus and loans scheme for first time purchasers (net) and other lending (net) — — — — 1 1 Total capital expenditure 106 107 131 121 84 132 Total programme 164 172 212 211 147 169