Scottish Special Housing Association (Hansard, 31 January 1985)

§ Mr. Craigen

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will set out the Scottish Special Housing Association's income to its housing revenue account, under the heading deficit subsidy, rents and other income, for each of the years from 1978–79 to the present;

(2) if he will set out the Scottish Special Housing Association's expenditure from its housing revenue account, under the headings, loan charges, repairs-maintenance, management and other, for each of the years from 1978–79 to 1984–85; and what is the estimated expenditure under these headings in 1985–86;

SSHA Housing Revenue Account: Income
£ million
	1978–79	1979–80	1980–81	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84	1984–85
Deficit subsidy	29.5	31.1	30.6	26.6	25.2	23.0	23.0
Rents	23.3	26.5	33.5	42.2	51.8	56.9	60.0
Other income	0.5	0.5	1.1	2.7	3.0	2.9	1.9

SSHA Housing Revenue Account: Expenditure
£ million
	1978–79	1979–80	1980–81	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84	^*1984–85	^*1985–86
Loan charges	33.6	35.7	40.4	45.9	50.8	54.8	58.0	61.4
Repairs/maintenance†	15.5	16.8	14.7	18.5	21.5	18.8	18.8	18.2
Management etc.‡	3.3	4.0	4.9	5.0	5.2	6.6	5.7	6.4
Other	1.0	1.2	4.6	0.9	1.9	1.7	2.0	2.4
^* Estimate.
† Includes modernisation up to 1980–81.
‡ Includes rent rebate administration up to 1982–83.

SSHA Capital Expenditure
£ million
	1979–80	1980–81	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84	^*1984–85
New build	24.6	31.9	24.1	18.7	10.2	16.8
Modernisation	22.6	14.9	20.7	40.7	41.8	47.3
Other	0.1	—	—	0.5	0.3	1.4
^* Estimate.

Figures up to 1982–83 are on an income and expenditure basis; thereafter they are on a receipts and payments basis.

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(3) if he will set out the Scottish Special Housing Association's capital spending as broken down between new build, modernisation and any other relevant items for each of the years from 1979–80 to the present;

(4) if he will set out for the Scottish Special Housing Association expenditure from the housing revenue account on repairs-maintenance and management per house for each of the years from 1978–79 to 1984–85 and the estimated expenditure under these headings in 1985–86.

§ Mr. Ancram

[pursuant to his reply, 24 January 1985, c. 517]: The information requested is as follows. Most of the figures for the years concerned are contained in the annual reports of the Scottish Special Housing Association.

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SSHA Housing Revenue Account: Cost per House
	1978–79	1979–80	1980–81	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84	^*1984–85	1985–86
	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
Repairs/maintenance	171.8	182.2	158.3	199.4	233.5	206.7	213.9	212.0
Management†	34.3	41.1	50.5	52.2	52.4	72.7	64.9	75.6
^* Estimate.
† Excludes rent rebate of unified housing benefit management costs up to and excluding 1982–83, to be more consistent with later figures which include management costs of unified housing benefit.