§ Mr. Rowlandsasked the Secretary of State for Wales how the figures of £107 million in housing capital expenditure in 1985–86, (Cmnd. 9428–11, paragraph 28) compares with 1984–85; what estimate has been made of capital receipts for 1985–86; how that compares with
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Capital Allocations to Welsh District Authorities for All Services 1981–82 to 1984–85 Constant 1984–85 prices £000 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85* Alyn and Deeside 4,115 4,395 3,968 3,206 Colwyn 3,021 4,224 3,276 2,642 Delyn 2,643 3,875 4,400 4,311 Glyndwr 1,625 2,140 2,782 1,770 Rhuddlan 2,171 2,695 2,720 2,077 Wrexham Maelor 6,727 7,087 5,611 5,689 Carmarthen 3,429 4,715 9,348 4,125 Ceredigion 3,182 4,792 5,379 3,316 Dinefwr 1,177 1,878 2,873 1,694 Llanelli 4,543 6,245 5,651 4,204 Preseli 2,341 2,952 4,884 4,054 South Pembroke 1,666 3,090 4,654 3,304 Blaenau Gwent 6,142 13,246 12,754 8,260 Islwyn 4,052 6,226 6,179 5,036 Monmouth 2,461 3,897 5,422 4,026 Newport 9,748 15,039 11,562 7,986 Torfaen 4,014 5,829 5,516 4,624 Aberconwy 2,422 2,431 2,697 1,942 Arfon 4,180 4,167 4,407 3,356 Dwyfor 1,267 1,649 3,624 2,114 Merionnydd 1,896 1,851 5,421 2,475 Ynys Mon 2,279 3,458 6,871 2,945 Cynon Valley 3,228 3,850 5,274 4,186 Merthyr Tydfil 4,597 6,569 5,883 3,743 1984–85; and what assumptions he has made in relation to housing capital expenditure in arriving at the figure of £130 million for housing in 1987–88 in table 3.16 of Cmnd. 9428–11.
§ Mr. John Stradling ThomasThe figure of £107 million, quoted in paragraph 28 of Cmnd. 9428–11, represents the provision made for 1985–86 in respect of net housing capital expenditure in Wales by local authorities and the Housing Corporation. The comparable provision made for 1984–85 was £92.5 million.
Local authority capital receipts for 1985–86 are estimated to total £78.5 million compared with the estimate of £98 million for 1984–85, quoted in paragraph 20 of Cmnd. 9143–11.
Housing is one of the services which are treated as a block for public expenditure purposes, within which my right hon. Friend has discretion to apportion the total provision as he chooses. Following each annual public expenditure review, my right hon. Friend reaches firm and detailed decisions for the forthcoming financial year. The allocation of resources for the succeeding years is indicative only at that stage and reflects the apportionment made for the first year. The assumption made about housing capital expenditure for both 1986–87 and 1987–88 is, therefore, that it will remain at roughly the same level as in 1985–86.