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Housing Expenditure

Volume 893: debated on Monday 9 June 1975

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asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report a detailed breakdown of the following estimates for housing expenditure contained in pages 70–71 of the Public Expenditure Survey (Command Paper No. 5879): (1) subsidies: 1975–76, 1204·3, 1976–77, 1252·;4, (2) gross investment: 1975–76, 1356·;8, 1976–77, 1378·01, (3) local authority improvement investment: 1975–76, 296·7, 1976–77, 249·9, (4) changes from Command Paper No. 5519 revalued: policy changes: 1975–76, 329·9, 1976–77, 360·2, other changes: 1975–76, 852·7, 1976·77, 1091·8.

The figures for (1) subsidies, (2) gross investment and (3) local authority improvement investment are broken down as follows:—

GREAT BRITAIN
1975–761976–77
£m £m.
1. Subsidies:
Central Government713·7144·7
Rate Fund contributions199·4208·9
Rent rebates and allowances291·2298·8
1,204·31,252·4
1975–761976–77
£m.£m.
2. Gross Investment:
Local Authority:
New dwellings756·5782·6
Land203·0203·0
Acquisition155·0140·0
Other investment59·560·6
New Towns:
New dwellings136·5137·0
Land23·222·3
Scottish Special Housing Association:
New dwellings21·932·2
Land1·21·2
1,356·81,378·9
3. Local Authority Improvement Investment:
Local Authority (including New Towns)293·9246·9
Scottish Special Housing Association2·83·0
296·7249·9
The breakdown of policy changes and other changes from Command Paper No. 5519 revalued take a little longer to prepare and I will publish this further information in the

Official Report as soon as it is ready.