HC Deb 09 March 1987 vol 112 cc54-8W
Mr. Alfred Morris

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish information on central Government expenditure on the housing investment programme for all years since 1978–79 inclusive, by standard United Kingdom region, showing the absolute, indexed and per capita form of the following disaggregated costs (i) capital account costs and (ii) current account costs.

Mr. Tracey

[pursuant to his reply, 24 February 1987, c. 198]: The available information is for English local authorities' and new towns' housing and is given in the tables.

For estimates for other parts of the United Kingdom, I refer the hon. Member to my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Scotland, for Wales and for Northern Ireland.

1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86
North-West 267 355 322 282 351 442 415 363
England 2,219 2,557 2,217 1,891 2,419 3,118 3,118 2,656
(b) 1985–86 Cost terms
North 299 306 213 146 193 230 202 162
Yorkshire and Humberside 364 354 263 203 262 312 254 225
East Midlands 278 263 181 167 193 251 221 174
East Anglia 103 98 67 62 82 111 118 95
South-East2 2,010 1,938 1,437 1,076 1,229 1,471 1,557 1,194
South-West 224 193 140 133 109 242 214 178
West Midlands 423 421 288 209 269 357 316 265
North-West 506 576 439 350 407 491 442 363
England 4,208 4,149 3,027 2,346 2,806 3,466 3,324 2,656
(c) £ per capita
North 50.40 60.20 50.00 37.70 53.70 66.70 61.20 52.50
Yorkshire and Humberside 39.00 44.30 39.20 33.20 46.00 57.20 48.60 45.90
East Midlands 38.50 42.50 34.40 34.90 43.10 58.50 53.50 44.80
East Anglia 29.20 32.20 25.80 26.50 36.90 52.00 57.20 48.60
South-East2 62.50 70.50 61.90 51.00 62.20 77.60 85.30 69.40
South-West 27.30 27.40 23.30 24.50 34.60 49.20 45.00 39.60
West Midlands 43.10 50.10 40.70 32.50 43.60 62.10 57.20 51.10
North-West 41.10 54.60 49.50 43.70 54.80 69.00 64.90 56.80
England 47.50 54.80 47.40 40.40 51.60 66.60 66.40 56.40
1 Expenditure under the Housing Investment programme plus non-prescribed expenditure (e.g. on capitalised repairs).
2 Including Greater London.

(ii) Local authority housing current expenditure 1
£ million except where stated
1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86
(a) cash terms
North .. .. 130 80 40 36 29 31
Yorkshire and Humberside .. .. 127 70 22 24 19 21
East Midlands .. .. 93 44 10 5 7 16
East Anglia .. .. 39 16 3 3 2 3
South-East2 .. .. 1,041 830 681 672 699 762
South-West .. .. 69 25 3 2 3 6
West Midlands .. .. 151 83 38 11 7 21
North-West .. .. 208 136 82 78 73 64
England .. .. 1,856 1,286 879 831 840 923
(b) 1985–86 cost terms
North .. .. 177 100 46 40 31 31
Yorkshire and Humberside .. .. 174 87 25 27 20 21
East Midlands .. .. 126 55 12 6 8 16
East Anglia .. .. 53 20 3 3 3 3
South-East2 .. .. 1,420 1,030 790 747 745 762
South-West .. .. 94 31 3 3 3 6
West Midlands .. .. 207 103 45 13 8 21
North-West .. .. 283 169 95 87 78 64
England .. .. 2,534 1,596 1,019 924 895 923
(c) £ per capita
North .. .. 41.60 25.80 12.80 11.60 9.40 10.00
Yorkshire and Humberside .. .. 25.80 14.30 4.40 4.90 3.90 4.30
East Midlands .. .. 24.00 11.50 2.70 1.40 1.90 4.10
East Anglia .. .. 20.40 8.70 1.50 1.40 1.20 1.30
South-East2 .. .. 61.20 48.80 40.00 39.40 40.80 44.30
South-West .. .. 15.70 5.80 0.70 0.50 0.60 0.80
West-Midlands .. .. 29.20 16.00 7.40 2.20 1.40 4.10
North-West .. .. 32.10 21.10 12.80 12.20 11.50 10.00
England .. .. 39.60 27.50 18.80 17.80 17.90 19.60
1 Subsidy and Rate Fund contributions
2 Including Greater London
.. not available

(i) New towns gross housing capital expenditure
£ million except where stated
Region1 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–56
(a) cash terms
North 8 12 13 7 4 4 5 2
East Midlands 6 13 14 7 2 4 2 —
East Anglia 12 13 17 11 6 5 6 3
South-East 50 59 55 47 35 44 42 37
West Midlands 17 21 21 13 4 6 9 5
North-west 36 43 44 30 20 24 19 10
England 129 160 164 115 71 85 82 56
(b) 1985–86 cash terms
North 16 20 18 8 5 4 5 2
East Midlands 10 20 19 9 3 4 2 —
East Anglia 23 21 23 13 6 5 6 3
South-east 95 95 75 59 41 49 45 37
West Midlands 32 33 29 16 5 6 10 5
North-west 68 70 60 37 23 27 20 10
England 244 260 223 143 83 94 88 56
(c) £ per capita2
North 2.70 3.90 4.10 2.20 1.30 1.10 1.50 0.80
East Midlands 1.40 3.30 3.60 1.90 0.60 0.90 0.40 —
East Anglia 6.40 7.10 9.00 5.50 2.90 2.40 3.00 1.70
South-east 3.00 3.50 3.20 2.80 2.10 2.60 2.50 2.20
West Midlands 3.30 4.00 4.10 2.50 0.90 1.10 1.70 0.90
North-west 5.50 6.60 6.80 4.70 3.10 3.70 3.00 1.50
England 2.80 3.40 3.50 2.50 1.50 1.80 1.80 1.20
1 No new towns in Yorkshire and Humberside or South-west regions.
2 Using total population of region.

(ii) New towns gross housing current expenditure
£ million except where stated
Region1 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86
(a) Cash terms
North -5 7 8 8 9 11 12 9
East Midlands 8 9 11 11 11 13 13 —
East Anglia -10 11 13 13 14 16 16 16
South-East 27 32 36 37 39 50 53 54
West Midlands 16 19 20 20 20 24 24 16
North-West 24 29 34 35 36 42 45 29
England 60 107 122 124 130 156 162 125
(b) 1985–86 Cost terms
North -10 12 11 10 10 13 13 9
East Midlands 15 15 15 14 13 14 14 —
East Anglia -19 18 17 17 16 18 17 16
South-East 51 51 49 46 46 55 56 54
West Midlands 31 31 28 25 23 26 26 16
North-West 46 48 47 43 42 47 48 29
England 114 173 167 154 150 173 173 125
(c) £ per capita2
North -1.70 2.30 2.70 2.60 2.80 3.70 3.90 3.00
East Midlands 2.00 2.40 2.80 2.90 3.00 3.30 3.30 —
East Anglia -5.30 5.90 6.60 7.10 7.30 8.20 8.20 8.30
South-East 1.60 1.90 2.10 2.20 2.30 2.90 3.10 3.20
West Midlands 3.20 3.60 3.90 3.80 3.80 4.60 4.70 3.10
North-West 3.80 4.50 5.30 5.40 5.70 6.60 7.10 4.50
England 1.30 2.30 2.60 2.70 2.80 3.30 3.50 2.60
1 No New Towns in Yorkshire and Humberside or South West regions.
2 Using total population of region.
3 Subsidy payments.