HC Deb 15 December 1983 vol 50 c544W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for the latest available period the average subsidy from public funds to a council house excluding benefits to the occupant.

Sir George Young

For 1982–83, the average cost of rate fund contributions and main housing subsidy is estimated at £178 for each occupied council house in England.