§ Mr. Maxtonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will provide details of the housing revenue account 55W capital payments for 1978–79 to 1985–86 inclusive, detailing the amount of capital spending by local authorities for each year on (a) modernisation, (b) capital repairs, (c) new dwellings, (d) gross lending and (e) other, expressing these figures in (i) cash prices and (ii) 1985–86 outturn prices.
§ Mr. AncramThe information requested is set out in the tables. Local authorities' capital payment returns do not distinguish between council house modernisations and capital repairs.
£ million cash prices Modernisation and capital repairs New dwellings Gross lending Other 1978–79 110.927 77.804 0.066 8.260 1979–80 134.957 86.307 1.499 9.647 1980–81 141.852 86.477 8.768 7.220 1981–82 162.018 66.300 14.884 9.491 1982–83 172.451 66.633 13.399 15.720 1983–84 210.179 68.219 8.545 18.277 1984–85 174.483 63.985 4.947 13.099 1985–86 207.211 62.006 2.438 21.720
£ million 1985–86 outturn prices Modernisation and capital repairs New dwellings Gross lending Other 1978–79 209.688 147.075 0.125 15.614 1979–80 218.299 139.606 2.425 15.604 1980–81 193.425 117.917 11.956 9.845 1981–82 201.155 82.315 18.479 11.784 1982–83 199.638 77.138 15.511 18.198 1983–84 232.929 75.603 9.470 20.255 1984–85 185.360 67.974 5.255 13.916 1985–86 207.211 62.006 2.438 21.720 Note.—All figures in the above table are expressed in constant prices by applying the GDP deflator, base year 1985–86.