Housing Expenditure

HC Deb 16 November 1992 vol 214 c50W

Mrs. Dunwoody

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the level of public expenditure on housing in 1978–79 and the most recent available year in real terms and cash prices.

Mr. Baldry

The information for England is as follows:

	£ millions
	Cash	1991–92 prices
1978–79	3,750	10,130
1991–92 (provisional)	10,360	10,360

The figures are based on total general government expenditure on housing, including local authority self-financed expenditure from receipts and expenditure on housing benefit subsidies.