§ Mr. SoleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what subsidy has been paid and is estimated to be paid in respect of English local authorities for the financial years 1979–80 to 1988–89 from the Exchequer, both in total and expressed as a subsidy per dwelling for the total number of dwellings in local authority control and in respect of those authorities in receipt of subsidy;
Main housing subsidy and rate fund contributions 1981–82 to 1987–88 local authorities in England 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Main Housing Subsidy Total 881.1M 436.8M 346.9M 353.9M 486.4M 476.5M 464.0M 469.4M Per Dwelling: All LAs 163 92 75 77 107 107 108 — LAs in Subsidy 167 209 250 263 342 374 371 — Negative RFCs Total -17.1M -22.1M -28.0M -44.2M -58.3M -101.3M -59.7M — Per Dwelling: All LAs -3 -5 -6 -10 -13 -23 -14 — LAs in Subsidy -3 -11 -20 -33 -41 -80 -48 — Positive RFCs Total 419.6M 432.7M 495.2M 432.3M 438.4M 378.0M 412.6M — Per Dwelling: All LAs 78 91 106 94 97 85 96 — LAs in Subsidy 79 184 309 207 260 242 262 — Note: Not all local authorities in receipt of Exchequer subsidy are also making contributions from the general rate fund.