HC Deb 04 April 1989 vol 150 cc146-7W
Mr. Rogers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list at 1989–90 prices his Department's gross provision for local authority housing capital investment for each year since 1980–81, together with an estimate for 1989–90.

Mr. Trippier

The public expenditure surveys have made the following gross provision for local authority housing capital investment.

1989–90 prices1
Year £ million
1980–81 23,690
1981–82 23,350
1982–83 3,515
1983–84 3,383
1984–85 3,230
1985–86 2,851
1986–87 3,009
1987–88 3,306
1988–89 33,216
1989–90 33,303
1 Revalued using the GDP deflator.
2 The White Paper figures have been converted from survey prices to outturn prices and then converted to 1989–90 outturn prices using the GDP deflator.
3 Includes local authority lending to housing associations shown under "Central Government" in Cm 288 and 609.