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Local Authority Housing

Volume 979: debated on Thursday 28 February 1980

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asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what were the allocations for each region of Great Britain to local authorities to cover new housing, improvement grants, housing associations and other related district council housing functions for the last five

ALLOCATIONS TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES FOR HOUSING CAPITAL EXPENDITURE, BY REGION
All figures in £ million, at outturn prices
1975–76 (improvement only)1976–77 (improvement and mortgage lending)1977–78 (all housing capital)1978–79 (all housing capital)1979–80† (all housing capital)1980–81 (all housing capital)
Northern44·046·2139·1164·4180·0154·9
Yorkshire and Humberside38·051·3176·0202·2216·0189·6
North West65·681·4241·8308·4333·4311·5
East Midlands30·640·1175·3188·8159·9130·0
West Midlands31·565·7227·8258·4248·0217·0
Eastern19·340·3165·7179·7167·1135·2
London96·2204·1757·7842·4886·6768·7
South-East17·755·6194·2213·5228·4185·7
South-West12·330·9111·7126·6125·0106·3
ENGLAND354·5615·6*2,189·32,484·42,544·42,198·9
* Excludes a further £4·8 million for mortgage lending by county councils.
† Allocation made in August 1979.