§ 19. Sir David SteelTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the proposed level of central Government expenditure for the Scottish borders for public sector housing in each year to the year 2000. [34189]
§ Mr. Raymond S. RobertsonThe Scottish Office does not incur expenditure directly on public sector housing in the Scottish borders. However, housing benefit will be paid to some public sector tenants and expenditure will be incurred by local housing authorities and by Scottish Homes. I congratulate the former Berwickshire district council on having been the first local authority to transfer its entire stock to a housing association.
§ 26. Mr. WatsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the changes in council housing expenditure in Glasgow in real terms between 1989 and 1999. [34196]
§ Mr. RobertsonDecisions on the allocation of resources to individual authorities for 1998–99 will not be taken until early in 1998 following completion of the 1997 public expenditure survey. Expenditure by Glasgow district council on its own stock in 1989–90 was £129 million at 1995–96 prices.