§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for both Dundee and Scotland (a) the housing support grant for 1982–83, and (b) the total amount outstanding in interest charges on capital project loans; and what proportion of the housing budget (b) represents in each case.
§ Mr. RifkindThe information is as follows:
Dundee £ Scotland £ (a) Housing support grants 2,968,259 134,448,547 (b) Housing revenue account interest charges for 1982–83 as estimated by the Secretary of State for the purpose of calculating (a) above 13,817,376 382,242,481 (c) Proportion of Secretary of State's estimate of eligible housing revenue account expenditure for 1982–83 represented by (b)above 53.3 per cent. 58.0 per cent.