§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been the expenditure by local authorities in London and South-East England on new house building, housing repairs and new industrial and commercial building, respectively, in each of the past three years.
§ Sir George YoungThe available information is as follows:
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Local Authorities' Expenditure* South East Region (including London) £ million (current prices) 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 (provisionaly) New housebuilding† 545 508 381 Repair and improvement of authorities' own housing stock‡ 627 698 689 Industrial estates║ 19 26 17 * Excluding debt charges on borrowing to finance past capital expenditure.
† Including land acquisitions.
‡ Capital expenditure on renovations (including capitalised repairs) and current expenditure on repair and maintenance of Housing Revenue Account dwellings.
║ Capital expenditure on industrial and corporation estates, including acquisition of land and existing buildings.