HC Deb 01 July 1992 vol 210 cc621-5W
Mr. Welsh

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total public expenditure on housing expressed in(a) cash terms, (b) at 1990–91 prices and (c) as a percentage of total Scottish Office expenditure for each year since 1979 inclusive; and if he will provide a breakdown by local authority.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

[holding answer 17 June 1992]: The information is in the tables. Table 1 provides details of the total gross public expenditure on housing which lies within the responsibility of my right hon. Friend; tables 2 and 3 provide details of capital expenditure on housing by local authorities in each year since 1979. expressed in cash terms and at 1990–91 prices, using GDP deflators.

Table 1
Column 1 (£ million) Column 2 (£ million) Column 3 (per cent.)
1979–80 773 1,677 17
1980–81 855 1,568 16
1981–82 923 1,544 16
1982–83 870 1,358 13
1983–84 962 1,435 14

Table 2
Housing capital expenditure by local authority (cash terms)
£ million
Authority 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–921
Borders
Berwickshire 0.832 0.957 1.068 1.225 1.731 1.182 1.384 1.169 1.337 1.579 1.337 1.419 1.384
Ettrick and Lauderdale 0.851 0.737 1.222 1.395 2.147 1.421 1.327 1.668 2.179 2.733 2.692 2.536 2.447
Roxburgh 2.497 2.603 2.605 4.473 4.807 3.674 2.860 3.373 4.454 4.594 4.989 4.765 4.010
Tweeddale 0.596 0.712 0.475 0.261 0.661 0.516 0.426 0.934 1.459 0.767 0.714 0.873 0.952
Central
Clackmannan 2.688 2.410 2.165 2.744 3.444 2.056 2.207 2.881 5.738 6.633 5.766 4.983 4.811
Falkirk 5.085 5.034 5.819 9.426 11.790 10.110 10.842 12.746 16.990 20.448 15.105 16.745 19.011
Stirling 4.367 5.157 4.960 5.312 5.285 5.121 5.969 7.085 8.754 9.159 9.714 8.813 9.302
Dumfries and Galloway
Annandale and Eskdale 3.158 3.707 3.922 4.516 4.700 3.623 2.811 3.271 4.239 3.832 4.807 4.711 3.913
Nithsdale 2.118 2.056 2.168 3.249 3.970 3.001 3.631 5.200 6.460 7.355 7.164 6.714 6.214
Stewartry 1.311 1.278 1.560 1.576 1.954 1.565 1.682 1.698 1.976 2.202 2.229 1.887 2.144
Wigtown 1.547 1.542 1.889 2.072 3.930 2.253 2.614 3.209 3.933 3.954 3.698 3.961 3.941
Fife
Dunfermline 4.951 4.257 5.453 7.037 7.949 7.978 8.928 9.622 14.627 13.019 11.244 10.836 11.143
Kirkcaldy 5.712 5.875 8.731 11.237 10.431 8.010 8.816 9.339 13.421 14.165 13.742 13.227 11.668
North East Fife 3.279 2.960 2.678 4.010 5.592 4.629 4.641 6.553 5.914 5.262 5.266 5.833 4.971
Grampian
Aberdeen 15.678 14.618 13.418 10.162 19.144 19.334 15.177 19.269 23.680 0.000 19.457 19.096 21.192
Banff and Buchan 4.867 5.258 4.412 5.148 5.824 5.712 5.327 5.418 5.602 5.416 5.139 5.112 6.110
Gordon 1.688 2.338 3.777 6.023 7.897 4.856 6.892 7.339 8.500 8.619 8.890 8.266 8.307
Kincardine and Deeside 0.838 1.212 1.884 2.913 4.063 3.732 4.330 4.235 5.212 4.504 4.803 6.566 5.090
Moray 6.465 5.933 5.247 6.479 6.545 5.624 4.777 4.950 7.538 6.924 6.446 6.116 7.007
Highland
Badenoch and Strathspey 0.810 1.014 1.479 0.939 1.201 0.933 0.720 0.655 0.902 0.754 1.779 1 .664 1.549
Caithness 1.863 2.185 1.855 3.284 6.995 4.160 3.481 4.090 4.764 4.969 4.094 3.977 3.320
Inverness 3.130 3.473 3.231 3.940 6.364 4.228 5.051 5.564 5.570 6.144 7.794 7.988 6.390
Lochaber 1.921 2.153 2.099 1.638 2.238 2.526 3.091 3.788 4.271 4.421 5.929 4.562 3.701
Nairn 0.389 0.520 0.987 0.617 0.669 0.884 0.924 0.835 1.194 1.227 1.226 1.275 1.279
Ross and Cromarty 3.594 3.401 3.793 5.244 8.500 5.672 5.959 7.299 8.317 9.275 8.773 8.642 8.390
Skye and Lochalsh 0.790 0.674 0.844 1.116 1.841 1.508 2.289 2.591 2.743 2.949 2.773 2.654 2.762
Sutherland 0.882 0.690 0.916 1.664 1.763 2.209 2.133 2.717 2.497 2.741 3.030 2.626 2.646
Lothian
East Lothian 2.975 3.696 5.059 7.540 10.409 6.706 6.860 8.765 12.847 14.907 11.107 9.759 9.805
Edinburgh 14.328 19.401 25.963 27.034 46.977 30.361 42.521 41.148 67.142 71.995 70.282 68.770 54.263
Midlothian 1.986 2.266 2.720 4.019 5.793 5.260 4.570 5.098 6.331 6.041 5.652 7.766 6.018
West Lothian 2.879 3.060 4.258 5.705 6.434 6.101 6.958 8.372 8.931 9.275 12.066 8.340 8.937
Strathclyde
Argyll and Bute 3.784 5.330 6.575 8.270 9.169 9.065 6.403 8.215 9.539 10.092 9.893 8.566 10.398
Bearsden and Milngavie 1.205 0.751 0.824 0.771 1.061 0.869 0.908 1.540 1.898 2.405 1.848 1.977 1.696

Column 1 (£ million) Column 2 (£ million) Column 3 (per cent.)
1984–85 705 1,002 10
1985–86 694 935 10
1986–87 710 926 9
1987–88 887 1,097 11
1988–89 913 1,053 11
1989–90 1,122 1,214 13
1990–91 1,083 1,083 11
1991–92 1,246 1,081 11

Notes:

1. Column 1 lists in cash terms the total gross public expenditure on housing in Scotland which lies within the responsibility of the Secretary of State for Scotland. This includes gross capital expenditure by local authorities, new towns. Scottish Homes and it's predecessors, the Scottish Special Housing Association and the Housing Corporation in Scotland, as well as current expenditure on grants and subsidies by central government. The figure for 1991–92 is provisional.

2. Column 2 expresses the figures shown in column 1 in 1990–91 prices, using GDP deflators.

3. Since gross total figures for Scottish Office expenditure are not available. Column 3 expresses the figures shown in Column 1 as a percentage of the total net public expenditure within the responsibility of the Secretary of State for Scotland for the relevant year, expressed in cash terms.

4. The figures for years 1979–80 to 1983–84 are not directly comparable with those for 1984–85 to 1991–92 due to the changes in the definition of the Planning Total announced in Cm 441.

Authority 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–921
Clydebank 1.963 2.884 2.441 3.293 4.013 3.452 4.458 5.389 6.975 7.734 7.744 7.939 7.397
Clydesdale 1.361 1.338 1.556 2.060 3.139 2.249 2.241 2.679 3.365 4.723 4.863 4.887 4.910
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 1.848 0.965 1.104 1.406 1.571 1.107 1.383 1.720 2.544 2.714 2.161 2.346 2.103
Cumnock and Doon Valley 1.731 1.866 1.599 1.836 1.904 1.492 1.631 2.255 3.743 3.656 3.721 3.720 3.141
Cunninghame 5.527 6.204 6.371 4.415 8.049 5.728 6.194 7.393 11.262 13.103 14.606 14.319 13.742
Dumbarton 2.093 2.428 2.736 2.064 3.668 2.267 2.690 4.057 6.932 6.901 8.992 9.050 8.419
East Kilbride 0.767 0.846 0.995 1.014 1.390 0.861 0.755 0.753 0.731 0.816 0.953 1.005 1.289
Eastwood 0.391 0.330 0.472 0.384 1.132 1.285 1.165 1.174 1.438 1.564 1.455 1.849 1.380
Glasgow 77.250 79.770 79.614 88.167 143.049 135.365 106.981 113.465 154.780 137.208 153.598 138.079 124.443
Hamilton 6.597 6.240 5.274 5.397 5.387 4.851 6.132 6.290 11.899 11.202 13.152 13.300 11.406
Inverclyde 5.911 5.809 5.027 6.888 11.618 5.570 6.813 7.776 8.075 9.658 11.236 10.352 11.154
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 3.083 2.149 2.079 2.273 4.269 3.203 4.040 4.727 6.077 7.806 8.480 8.444 7.910
Kyle and Carrick 4.408 3.733 4.412 4.692 6.227 4.589 5.640 6.252 9.419 8.819 8.201 7.859 8.001
Monklands 8.862 8.524 8.394 10.425 7.516 5.077 6.235 8.363 13.030 13.075 15.913 16.414 14.239
Motherwell 10.466 9.547 9.084 8.329 8.118 6.801 8.534 10.955 12.362 18.284 19.497 19.296 19.981
Renfrew 8.144 9.646 9.524 10.968 15.335 14.201 14.477 15.563 21.461 26.238 24.010 25.429 22.407
Strathkelvin 4.221 4.460 4.213 3.506 5.759 3.573 4.228 5.775 6.185 6.670 6.538 6.545 5.914
Tayside
Angus 2.231 3.512 3.422 3.812 5.079 4.159 4.512 4.875 5.565 5.178 5.750 6.210 6.120
Dundee 7.210 9.163 9.020 11.928 16.298 13.498 14.405 15.441 22.458 21.004 26.106 28.239 24.329
Perth and Kinross 5.346 4.997 3.808 4.518 8.730 8.903 6.191 6.716 6.937 9.790 10.237 6.807 8.114
Islands Areas
Orkney 1.721 1.761 1.605 2.005 3.011 2.731 2.060 1.433 1.808 2.201 2.401 2.124 1.316
Shetland 3.530 3.540 2.753 3.296 3.732 4.390 3.793 5.058 4.364 6.621 5.557 5.726 5.415
Western Isles 3.097 3.609 4.982 5.835 6.719 8.103 6.721 5.893 7.867 8.859 8.748 9.096 8.101
Table 3
Housing capital expenditure by local authority (real terms at 1990–91 prices)
£ million
Authority 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–911 1991–92
Borders
Berwickshire 1.805 1.755 1.786 1.912 2.583 1.679 1.864 1.524 1.653 1.821 1.447 1.419 1.200
Ettrick and Lauderdale 1.847 1.351 2.044 2.178 3.203 2.019 1.787 2.175 2.694 3.151 2.912 2.536 2.122
Roxburgh 5.418 4.773 4.356 6.983 7.172 5.220 3.851 4.397 5.507 5.297 5.398 4.765 3.478
Tweeddale 1.293 1.306 0.794 0.407 0.986 0.733 0.574 1.218 1.804 0.884 0.772 0.873 0.826
Central
Clackmannan 5.833 4.419 3.620 4.284 5.138 2.921 2.972 3.756 7.095 7.649 6.238 4.983 4.173
Falkirk 11.034 9.231 9.731 14.715 17.590 14.365 14.599 16.616 21.007 23.579 16.342 16.745 16.489
Stirling 9.476 9.456 8.294 8.292 7.885 7.276 8.037 9.236 10.824 10.561 10.510 8.813 8.068
Dumfries and Galloway
Annandale and Eskdale 6.353 6.798 6.559 7.050 7.012 5.148 3.785 4.264 5.241 4.419 5.201 4.711 3.394
Nithsdale 4.596 3.770 3.625 5.072 5.923 4.264 4.889 6.779 7.987 8.481 7.751 6.714 5.390
Stewartry 2.845 2.343 2.609 2.460 2.915 2.224 2.265 2.214 2.443 2.539 2.412 1.887 1.860
Wigtown 3.357 2.828 3.159 3.235 5.863 3.201 3.520 4.183 4.863 4.559 4.001 3.961 3.418
Fife
Dunfermline 10.743 7.806 9.119 10.985 11.859 11.335 12.022 12.544 18.085 15.013 12.165 10.836 9.665
Kirkcaldy 12.394 10.773 14.601 17.542 15.562 11.381 11.871 12.175 16.594 16.334 14.867 13.227 10.120
North East Fife 7.115 5.428 4.478 6.260 8.343 6.577 6.249 8.543 7.312 6.068 5.697 5.833 4.312
Grampian
Aberdeen 34.020 26.805 22.439 15.864 28.561 27.470 20.436 25.120 29.279 0.000 21.051 19.096 18.381
Banff and Buchan 10.561 9.642 7.378 8.036 8.689 8.116 7.173 7.063 6.927 6.245 5.560 5.112 5.300
Gordon 3.663 4.287 6.316 9.402 11.782 6.900 9.280 9.568 10.510 9.939 9.618 8.266 7.205
Kincardine and Deeside 1.818 2.222 3.151 4.547 6.062 5.303 5.830 5.521 6.444 5.194 5.196 6.566 4.415
Moray 14.028 10.879 8.774 10.114 9.765 7.991 6.432 6.453 9.320 7.984 6.974 6.116 6.078
Highland
Badenoch and Strathspey 1.758 1.859 2.473 1.466 1.792 1.326 0.970 0.854 1.115 0.869 1.925 1.664 1.344
Caithness 4.043 4.007 3.102 5.127 10.436 5.911 4.687 5.332 5.890 5.730 4.429 3.977 2.880
Inverness 6.792 6.369 5.403 6.151 9.495 6.007 6.801 7.254 6.887 7.085 8.432 7.988 5.542
Lochaber 4.168 3.948 3.510 2.557 3.339 3.589 4.162 4.938 5.281 5.098 6.415 4.562 3.210
Hairn 0.844 0.954 1.651 0.963 0.998 1.256 1.244 1.089 1.476 1.415 1.326 1.275 1.109
Ross and Cromarty 7.799 6.236 6.343 8.186 12.681 8.059 8.024 9.515 10.284 10.695 9.492 8.642 7.277
Skye and Lochalsh 1.714 1.236 1.411 1.742 2.747 2.143 3.082 3.378 3.392 3.401 3.000 2.654 2.396
Sutherland 1.914 1.265 1.532 2.598 2.630 3.139 2.872 3.542 3.087 3.161 3.278 2.626 2.295
Lothian
East Lothian 6.455 6.777 8.460 11.770 15.529 9.528 9.237 11.427 15.885 17.190 12.017 9.759 8.504
Edinburgh 31.090 35.576 43.417 42.202 70.086 43.848 57.256 53.643 83.017 83.019 76.038 68.770 47.066
Midlothian 4.309 4.155 4.549 6.274 8.643 7.474 6.154 6.646 7.828 6.966 6.115 7.766 5.220
West Lothian 6.247 5.611 7.121 8.906 9.599 8.669 9.369 10.914 11.043 10.695 13.054 8.340 7.752
Strathclyde
Argyll and Bute 8.211 9.774 10.995 12.910 13.679 12.880 8.622 10.710 11.794 11.637 10.703 8.566 9.019
Bearsden and Milngavie 2.615 1.377 1.378 1.204 1.583 1.235 1.223 2.008 2.347 2.773 1.999 1.977 1.471
Clydebank 4.260 5.288 4.082 5.141 5.987 4.905 6.003 7.025 8.624 8.918 8.378 7.939 6.416
Clydesdale 2.953 2.454 2.602 3.216 4.683 3.195 3.018 3.493 4.161 5.446 5.261 4.887 4.259
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 4.010 1.770 1.846 2.195 2.344 1.573 1.862 2.242 3.146 3.130 2.338 2.346 1.824
Cumnock and Doon Valley 3.756 3.422 2.674 2.866 2.841 2.120 2.196 2.940 4.628 4.216 4.026 3.720 2.724
Cunninghame 11.993 11.376 10.654 6.892 12.008 8.139 8.340 9.638 13.925 15.109 15.802 14.819 11.919
Dumbarton 4.542 4.452 4.575 3.222 5.472 3.221 3.622 5.289 8.571 7.958 9.728 9.050 7.302
East Kilbride 1.664 1.551 1.664 1.583 2.074 1.223 1.017 0.982 0.904 0.941 1.031 1.005 1.118

Authority 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–911 1991–92
Eastwood 0.848 0.605 0.789 0.599 1.689 1.826 1.569 1.530 1.778 1.803 1.574 1.849 1.197
Glasgow 167.625 146.276 133.136 137.634 213.417 192.332 144.053 147.920 191.377 158.218 166.178 138.079 107.937
Hamilton 14.315 11.442 8.820 8.425 8.037 6.892 8.257 8.200 14.712 12.917 14.229 13.300 9.893
Inverclyde 12.826 10.652 8.406 10.753 17.333 7.914 9.174 10.137 9.984 11.137 12.156 10.352 9.675
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 6.690 3.941 3.477 3.548 6.369 4.551 5.440 6.162 7.514 9.001 9.175 8.444 6.861
Kyle and Carrick 9.565 6.845 7.378 7.324 9.290 6.520 7.594 8.150 11.646 10.169 8.873 7.859 6.940
Monklands 19.230 15.631 14.037 16.274 11.213 7.214 8.396 10.903 16.111 15.077 17.216 16.414 12.350
Motherwell 22.710 17.507 15.191 13.002 12.111 9.663 11.491 14.282 15.285 21.084 21.094 19.296 17.331
Renfrew 17.672 17.688 15.927 17.122 22.878 20.177 19.494 20.289 26.535 30.256 25.976 25.429 19.435
Strathkelvin 9.159 8.178 7.045 5.473 8.592 5.077 5.693 7.529 7.647 7.691 7.073 6.545 5.130
Tayside
Angus 4.841 6.440 5.723 5.951 7.577 5.909 6.076 6.355 6.881 5.971 6.221 6.210 5.308
Dundee 15.645 16.802 15.084 18.620 24.315 19.178 19.397 20.130 27.768 24.220 28.244 28.239 21.102
Perth and Kinross 11.600 9.163 6.368 7.053 13.024 12.650 8.336 8.755 8.577 11.289 11.075 6.807 7.038
Islands Areas
Orkney 3.734 3.229 2.684 3.130 4.492 3.880 2.774 1.868 2.235 2.538 2.598 2.124 1.141
Shetland 7.660 6.491 4.604 5.145 5.568 6.237 5.107 6.594 5.396 7.635 6.012 5.726 4.697
Western Isles 6.720 6.618 8.331 9.109 10.024 11.513 9.050 7.682 9.727 10.216 9.464 9.096 7.027
1 Provisional.

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