§ Mr. Nicholas WintertonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what percentage of total capital spending Government spending on housing and construction represented in each of the last 10 years. [123007]
§ Mr. MullinCentral Government capital expenditure on housing in England as a percentage of total capital public spending for England over the last 10 years is set out in the table. Expenditure consists mainly of grants and subsidies provided through local authorities and the Housing Corporation. By 2001–02, the Government will have doubled the annual level of capital expenditure on housing that it inherited from the previous administration.
Year Percentage 1990–91 12.9 1991–92 14.7 1992–93 16.0 1993–94 14.8 1994–95 11.9 1995–96 10.1 1996–97 11.4 1997–98 9.7 1998–99 10.5 1999–20001 10.7 1Provisional Note:
Calculations based on housing capital expenditure figures in the Department of the Environment Annual Report, 1996, the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions Annual Report 2000 and Table 4.1 of HM Treasury's Public Expenditure Statistical Analysis 2000–01