HL Deb 18 June 1986 vol 476 c1020WA
Lord Irving of Dartford

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What was the expenditure on local authority housing in each of the last 10 years.

The Minister of State, Department of the Environment (Lord Elton)

The figures for expenditure on local authority housing in Great Britain given below show, in the first column, gross capital expenditure on new house-building and on renovation of the local authority stock and, in the second column, current expenditure on the Housing Revenue Account. In Scotland, 1978/79 is the first year for which the latter information is available.

£ million Gross capital expenditure Housing Revenue Account expenditure
1976/77 1,945 2,356*
1977/78 1,884 2,590*
1978/79 1,829 3,465
1979/80 2,090 4,306
1980/81 1,945 5,179
1981/82 1,622 5,492
1982/83 1,951 5,722
1983/84 2,164 5,870
1984/85 2,282 6,165
1985/86 (estimated) 1,957 6,602
* England and Wales only