§ 23. Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the value of housing support grant for 1984–85 in real terms as a percentage of the housing support grant for 1978–79.
§ Mr. AncramIn 1978–79 subsidies to the housing revenue accounts of local authorities totalled about £143 million. The total proposed for 1984–85 is about £52 million. Government expenditure is now planned and recorded in cash not in real terms.