HC Deb 25 April 1983 vol 41 cc247-9W
Mr. Christopher Price

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will publish the total capital expenditure on each service in table 2.15.2 of Cmnd. 8789-II by local authorities in Scotland each year from 1973–74 to 1982–83, with the planned level for 1983–84 in cost terms, consistent with table 1.4 of Cmnd. 8789-I;

(2) if he will publish the total gross capital expenditure on each service listed in table 2.15.2 of Cmnd. 8789-II by local authorities in Scotland in each year from 1973–74 to 1982–83, with the planned level for 1983–84;

(3) if he will publish the total capital expenditure on each service listed in table 2.15.2 of Cmnd. 8789-II by local authorities in Scotland from 1973 to 1982–83.

Mr. Younger

Information for the years 1976–77 to 1983–84 is given in the following tables. Because of changes in the definition of local authority capital expenditure it is not possible to give figures on the same basis for earlier years. Gross capital expenditure is measured as net capital expenditure plus receipts from sales of land and buildings. Figures at "cost terms" have been derived using the same general GDP deflators used for table 1.14 of Cmnd. 8789 except for 1982–83 and 1983–84 where the deflators in paragraph 2.16 of the Financial Statement and Budget Report have been used. They are therefore consistent with the figures excluding Budget measures and other changes in the revised cost terms table given in a reply to a Question from my hon. Friend the Member for Selly Oak on 17 March.

1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84
Total 530 501 537 621 624 626 663 678

Table 3
Net local authority capital expenditure in Scotland (cost terms)
£ million cost terms
1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 2 2 2 1 3 3 2 1
Industry, Energy, Trade and Employment — — — — 1 1 1 3
Roads and transport 160 144 165 149 115 127 124 130
Housing 424 362 339 339 287 243 246 237
Other environmental services 237 181 195 212 184 153 156 148
Law, order and protective services 19 17 14 13 14 12 14 14
Education and Science, arts and libraries 158 130 97 82 74 75 61 51
Health and personal social services 21 14 12 14 13 12 15 17
Total 1,022 849 823 813 691 626 620 601
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Mr. Christopher Price

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish the sources of funding for total gross capital expenditure by local authorities in Scotland in each year from 1973–74 to 1982–83, with the expected sources for 1983–84, giving the total received from each source.

Table 4: Local authority capital account income: Scotland
£ million
1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82
Loans 341.8 418.6 445.0 489.5 453.7 481.9 583.4 566.9 574.4
Government grants 24.8 31.7 9.7 8.7 12.9 10.8 18.7 31.7 32.7
Sales of fixed assets 22.4 29.1 2.7 6.0 8.4 21.9 22.6 38.0 74.3
Revenue contributions to capital outlay 6.3 8.9 8.4 10.7 16.2 12.3 11.5
Other receipts 15.0 19.7 16.4 17.8 18.8 15.0 17.5
Total 389.0 479.3 478.7 532.8 499.8 543.1 659.7 663.9 710.4