§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how much money was spent on rehabilitation of local authority housing in the city of Edinburgh housing area in each of the past five years; and what proportion this forms of the total housing budget for that area.
§ Mr. Allan Stewart[pursuant to his reply, 4 May 1982, c. 48]: The information requested is as follows:
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1 2 3 4 5 Capital expenditure on improvement of council housing Total housing capital expenditure Total capital expenditure on council housing Column 1 expressed as a percentage of column 2 Column 1 expressed as a percentage of column 3 £ million £ million £ million 1976–77 3.083 12.992 7.155 23.7 43.1 1977–78 2.883 13.782 6.414 20.9 44.9 1978–79 4.634 16.352 7.786 28.3 59.5 1979–80 4.456 15.379 8.188 29.0 54.4 1980–81 4.061 24.288 8.996 16.7 45.1 1981–82 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Figures not available. Note: Figures taken from authority's local financial returns.