asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what rate of inflation he has assumed for the year 1979–80 in calculating the revised eligible expenditure figures for that year included in the report on the Housing Support Grant (Scotland) Variation Order 1979.
[pursuant to his reply, 17 December 1979, c. 20]: The principal components of general expenditure—that is expenditure other than loan charges—quoted in the report on the Housing Support Grant (Scotland) Variation Order 1979 were calculated on the basis of the figures built into the Housing Support Grant (Scotland) Order 1979 converted from November 1978 prices to 1979–80 estimated outturn prices using the following basic assumptions on price changes:
| Repairs and maintenance | 12·2 per cent. |
| Supervision and management | 9·7 per cent. |
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what rate of inflation he has assumed for the year 1980–81 in calculating the eligible expenditure figures for that year included in the report on the Housing Support Grant (Scotland) No. 2 Order 1979.
[pursuant to his reply, 17 December 1979, c. 20]: The principal components of general expenditure quoted in the report on the Housing Support Grant(Scotland) (No. 2) Order 1979 were calculated on the basis of data relating to 1978–79 converted to estimated 1980– 81 outturn prices on the following basic assumptions relating to price increases over the two-year period:
| Repairs and maintenance | 31·9 per cent. |
| Supervision and management | 27·4per cent |