§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the value of the Scottish Special Housing Association's expenditure on modernisation programmes in (a) Scotland and (b) Dundee in each year since 1979; and if he will express each value in real terms.
§ Mr. Allan StewartFollowing are the figures for improvement investment by the SSHA for the years in question:
1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83* £ million £ million £ million £ million Scotland 24.0 17.7 20.7 36.6 Dundee 0.5 1.2 0.8 1.3 * estimated. The figures, which are all at 1981–82 average prices, are in cost terms as measured using GDP deflators at market prices. The deflator used for 1982–83 is provisional.
§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the current Scottish Special Housing Association average standard rent per week in (a) Scotland and (b) Dundee; what were the corresponding figures for 1979; and what has been the percentage increase in each case.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe figrues requested are shown below.
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Average Standard Rent per week At 30 September 1979 At 30 September 1982 Percentage Increase £ £ Scotland 5.43 11.22 107 Dundee 5.39 10.30 91