§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish details of the total income of housing revenue accounts of Welsh housing authorities that have come from (a) rents, excluding rebates, (b) rent rebates, (c) interest from capital receipts from the sale of council dwellings, (d) Government subsidy, (e) non-statutory contributions from the rate fund and (f) other sources for 1984–85, and for each of the preceding five years.
§ Mr. John Stradling ThomasBased on returns made by local authorities to the Welsh Office, the information is estimated to be as follows:
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1979–80 1980–81 1981–82* 1982–83* 1983–84 1984–85 £ million £ million £ million £ million £ million £ million (c) Interest from capital receipts from the sale of council dwellings Not stated 1.601 4.593 8.546 11.034 11.059 (d) Government subsidy 57.257 65.349 34.168 9.657 7.734 8.428 (e) Non-statutory contributions from the rate fund Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil (f) Other sources (including rate fund contributions made to balance the account) 24.506 27.560 29.939 43.067 50.744 47.534 Total income 179.150 216.425 236.832 255.137 264.809 271.848 * For the years 1981–82 and 1982–83 rent rebate payments made by DHSS to tenants in receipt of supplementary benefit have been included in line (a) and not in line (b). This is due to the form in which the information was supplied by local authorities. †Unified housing benefit.