Housing

HC Deb 22 February 1991 vol 186 cc308-9W

Mr. McMaster

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing the amount of public expenditure on public sector housing, excluding Scottish Homes, its predecessor and housing associations, in Scotland in each year since 1979, and the contribution made by central Government.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The table sets out public expenditure (including expenditure funded by receipts) and the central Government contribution in respect of local authority and new towns housing since 1979–80:

£ million
	Public expenditure (including expenditure funded by receipts)1	Central Government contribution2
1979–80	503.0	487.6
1980–81	532.7	505.0
1981–82	467.8	406.4
1982–83	421.2	305.0
1983–84	433.6	266.9
1984–85	379.3	225.1
1985–86	421.1	275.2
1986.87	449.7	292.3
1987–88	557.9	337.5
1988–89	584.9	268.9
1989–90	623.6	255.2
31990–91	603.6	285.4
1 Gross capital allocations, housing support grant, and new towns deficit grant.

² Expenditure directly provided or controlled by central Government: net capital allocations, housing support grant and new towns deficit grant.

³ Estimated outturn.