Public Expenditure (Hansard, 26 March 1985)

§ Mr. Gordon Brown

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will publish a table, otherwise identical to page 51 of "Public Expenditure in 1987–88: A Commentary on the Scottish Programme", but expressed in (a) cost terms and (b) volume terms and showing percentage changes over 1978–79;

Programme: 15.5: Housing	£ million: Constant Prices
	1978–79	1979–80	% of 78–79	1980–81	% of 78–79	1981–82	% of 78–79	1982–83	% of 78–79	1983–84	% of 78–79	1984–85	% of 78–79	1985–86	% of 78–79	1986–87	% of 78–79	1987–88	% of 78–79
Current Expenditure
General subsidies
Central government subsidies to LA housing	262	309		279		180		110		72		60
Rate fund contributions to LA housing	93	106		100		119		129		123		103
Subsidies to new towns	46	44		40		36		33		33		32
Subsidies to Scottish Special housing Association	46	45		38		29		27		23		22
Housing association revenue deficit grants	3	3		2		2		1		1		1
Grant in aid to Housing Corporation	2	1		1		1		1		2		2
Total General Subsidies	452	510	113	462	102	367	81	302	67	253	56	219	48	180	40
Administration
Central government	—	—		0		0		0		0		0
Local authorities	2	1		1		1		2		3		3
Total Current Expenditure	453	511	113	463	102	369	81	304	67	255	56	221	49	183	40
Capital Expenditure
Local authority gross expenditure
Land	10	4		4		4		4		5		6
New dwellings	132	125		107		73		70		69		98
Improvement Investment	190	202		178		185		188		215		143
Other	14	19		16		19		23		21		19
Improvement grants	15	22		24		36		67		178		136
Gross lending to private persons for house purchase and improvements	30	39		32		23		27		10		11
Loans and grants to housing associations	10	7		9		8		11		9		10
Total local authority gross expenditure	411	420	102	367	89	351	85	379	92	506	123	422	103	371	90
New towns gross investment
Land	2	0		0		1		0		1		1
New dwellings	51	42		43		30		23		15		10
Improvements	—	—		—		10		7		10		14
Total new towns gross investment	53	42	79	43	81	40	75	31	58	26	49	24	45	19	36
Scottish Special housing Association gross investment
Land	2	4		1		1		3		0		1
New dwellings	34	32		38		24		17		10		15
Acquisition	2	0		7		0		1		—		—
Improvements	19	26		20		23		42		42		32
Total SSHA gross investment	56	62	111	66	118	49	88	63	113	52	93	48	86	46	82
Housing Corporation schemes loans and grants to housing associations
Gross	53	71		81		184		215		224		200
Repayments	—	-1		-2		-90		-106		-130		-115
Total housing corporation	53	70	132	77	145	94	177	109	206	94	177	86	162	83	157
Other capital expenditure
Savings bonus and loans scheme for first time purchasers (loans net)
Grants to first time purchasers
Sales and repayments (Land and dwellings)
Local authorities	-8	-15		-36		-76		-112		-136		-118
New towns	-10	-22		-15		-18		-17		-22		-14
Scottish Special Housing Association	—	—		-20		-19		-20		-30		-17
Associated lending (local authorities)	—	3		11		17		14		9		10
Associated lending (new towns)	5	15		7		12		0		-2		2
Associated lending (Scottish Special Housing Association)	—	—		9		8		3		0		4
Repayments (local authorities)	-2	0		0		0		-2		-5		-3
Repayments (new towns)	-2	-1		-1		-2		-3		-4		-2
Repayments (SSHA)	—	—		0		0		-2		-9		-4
Repayments of loans to private persons for house purchase and improvements	-20	-15		-15		-19		-22		-22		-19
Repayments of loans to housing associations	-2	-1		-1		-2		-1		-1		-1
Total sales and repayments	-39	-36	92	-60	154	-99	254	-162	415	-222	569	-163	418	-155	397
Total capital expenditure (net)	533	555	104	495	93	434	81	420	79	457	86	417	78	364	68
Total Programme	985	1,066	108	958	97	804	82	725	74	712	72	639	65	548	56	546	55	550	56

Note: GDP deflator applied (1983–84 base year). Figures in the table, owing to rounding, do not necessarily sum to their totals.

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(2) if he will publish a table, otherwise identical to page 51 of "Public Expenditure in 1987–88: A Commentary on the Scottish Programme", but expressed in (a) cost terms and (b) volume terms.