§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will publish in theOfficial Report a table showing for Great Grimsby, Barrow in Furness, Wandsworth, Westminster and Elmbridge his estimate of (i) the average Government subsidy per council dwelling and (ii) the average amount of mortgage interest tax relief for other dwellings.
§ Mr. YeoThe information is as follows:
Average amount of housing revenue account subsidy claimed per dwelling for 1991–92 £ Great Grimsby 897 Barrow in Furness 870 Wandsworth 1,518 Westminster 2,124 Elmbridge 769 The estimated average cost of mortgage interest tax relief in 1990–91 for each owner occupier claiming mortgage tax relief in the United Kingdom was £830, equivalent to £531 for all owner occupiers. Information on the average amount mortgage tax relief claimed broken down by local authority area is not available.
The capital cost of constructing council dwellings in 1990–91 was approximately £44,000 per dwelling in the north and £55,000 in the south-east and eastern regions, excluding the land cost element.