§ Mr. Nigel Griffithsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will give the equivalent housing support grant figure for Edinburgh district council for each year from 1978 to 1987;
(2) if he will give the equivalent or the housing support grant figure for Edinburgh for each year from 1978 to 1987.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information is given in the following table:
Year Amount of grant paid £ 1978–79 1 1979–80 11,269,405 1980–81 12,517,913 1981–82 7,869,440 1982–83 2,327,904 1983–84 0 1984–85 0 1985–86 0 1986–87 0 1987–88 0 1 Information for 1978–79 is not readily available.
§ Mr. Nigel Griffithsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give Edinburgh district council's housing support grant or equivalent figure for each year from 1978 to 1985 as a proportion of the total housing support grant figure for Scotland in that year.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information is given in the following table:
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Year Per cent. 1978–79 1— 1979–80 5.3 1980–81 5.5 1981–82 4.9 1982–83 2.2 1983–84 0 1984–85 0 1985–86 0 1 Information for 1978–79 is not readily available.
§ Mr. Nigel Griffithsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the housing support grant or equivalent figure for Scotland, repriced for inflation, for each year from 1978 to 1987.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information is given in the following table:
Amount of grant aid paid at 1987–88 average prices1 Year £ 1978–79 2— 1979–80 371,014,898 1980–81 334,474,377 1981–82 216,084,137 1982–83 130,208,047 1983–84 85,935,559 1984–85 76,776,675 1985–86 69,083,360 1986–87 46,470,744 1987–88 46,489,693 1 Using GDP deflators. 2 Information for 1978–79 is not readily available.
§ Mr. Nigel Griffithsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the housing support grant or equivalent figure for Scotland for each year from 1978 to 1987.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information is given in the following table:
Year Amount of grant paid £ 1978–79 1— 1979–80 213,400,000 1980–81 228,200,000 1981–82 161,900,000 1982–83 104,632,870 1983–84 72,135,479 1984–85 67,211,241 1985–86 64,178,219 1986–87 44,469,760 1987–88 46,489,693 1 Information for 1978–79 is not readily available.
§ Mr. Nigel Griffithsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the percentage change in housing support grant or equivalent over the previous year for Scotland for each year from 1978 to 1987.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information is given in the following table:
Year Percentage change over previous year 1978–79 1— 1979–80 1— 1980–81 +6.9 1981–82 -29.1 1982–83 -35.4 1983–84 -31.1 1984–85 -6.8 1985–86 -4.5 1986–87 -30.7 1987–88 +4.5 1 Information is not readily available.
§ Mr. Nigel Griffithsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the percentage change in housing 119W support grant or equivalent over the previous year for Edinburgh district council for each year from 1978 to 1987.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information is given in the following table:
Percentage change over previous year Year Per cent. 1978–79 1— 1979–80 1— 1980–81 +11.1 1981–82 -37.1 1982–83 -70.4 1983–84 — 1984–85 — 1985–86 — 1986–87 — 1987–88 — 1 Information is not readily available.
§ Mr. Nigel Griffithsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the housing support grant or equivalent the figure for Edinburgh district council, repriced for inflation for each year from 1978 to 1987.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information is goven in the following table:
Amount of grant paid at 1987–88 Average Prices1 Year (£) 1978–79 2— 1979–80 19,592,864 1980–81 18,347,595 1981–82 10,503,157 1982–83 2,896,908 1983–84 0 1984–85 0 1985–86 0 1986–87 0 1997–88 0 1 Using GDP deflators 2 Information for 1978–79 is not readily available