HC Deb 04 November 1988 vol 139 cc793-4W
Mr. Norman Hogg

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give figures showing housing investment programme allocations for Scotland for each year between 1978–79 to 1987–88 at both outturn and 1986–87 prices.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The aggregate gross housing capital allocations covering local authority housing activity on both the housing revenue account and non-housing revenue account have been as follows:—

Scotland: Gross housing capital allocations
Year Cash terms (£ million) Real terms1 (£ million)
1978–79 232.779 454.833
1979–80 279.300 466.948
1980–81 291.220 410.637
1981–82 326.878 419.408
1982–83 386.227 462.614
1983–84 408.625 467.465
1984–85 417.882 457.817

Year Cash terms (£ milliom) Real terms1 (£ million)
1985–86 415.344 429.389
1986–87 457.557 457.557
1987–88 568.231 540.997
1 1986–87 prices.