Housing Revenue Account

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each Scottish housing authority and for authoities as a whole (a) the provisional maximum housing revenue account capital allocation for 1982–83, (b) the provisional minimum housing revenue account capital allocation for 1982–83, (c) the rate fund contribution guideline for 1982–83, (d) the budgeted rate fund contribution for 1982–83, (e) the final housing revenue account capital allocation for 1982–83, (f) the difference between (a) and (e), and (g) a statement as to which of the five methods each authority's (c) was calculated.

I think that the comparison with which the hon. Member is concerned is best made by comparing columns (b) and (e) in the following table, as in column (f) of the table. As regards (g), the hon. Member will see that I regard it as misleading to talk of five different methods of calculation.

	(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(e)	(f)	(g)
Authority	Provisional HRA Capital Allocation 1982–83 Gross Expenditure Base	Provisional Net HRA Capital Allocation 1982–83	Rate Fund Contribution Guideline 1982–83	Budgeted Rate Fund Contribution 1982–83	Final Net HRA Capital Allocation 1982–83	Difference between cols (b) and (e)	Group
	£ million	£ million	£ million	£ million	£ million	£ million
Borders Region
Berwickshire	0·750	0·663	0·156	—	0·663	—	II
Ettrick and Lauderdale	0·925	0·593	0·319	—	0·593	—	II
Roxburgh	3·195	3·049	0·302	0·128	3·049	—	II
Tweeddale	0·315	Nil	0·151	0·111	Nil	—	I
Central Region
Clackmannan	1·840	1·507	0·631	0·889	1·639	+0·132	I
Falkirk	6·525	4·906	1·891	3·687	4·487	-0·419	I
Stirling	4·495	3·685	2·218	3·136	3·145	-0·540	I
Dumfries and Galloway Region
Annandale and Eskdale	3·895	3·133	0·334	0·244	3·133	—	I
Nithsdale	2·850	2·446	0·140	0·364	2·446	—	I
Stewartry	1·330	1·219	0·159	0·111	1·219	—	II
Wigtown	1·760	1·292	0·268	—	1·292	—	II
Fife Region
Dunfermline	5·700	2·093	1·595	1·535	2·093	—	II
Kirkcaldy	6·175	5·010	1·755	1·755	5·335	+0·325	II
North East Fife	4·180	3·092	0·650	0·198	3·092	—	II
Grampian Region
Aberdeen City	14·250	6·532	4·177	8·324	0·396	-6·136	I
Banff and Buchan	3·800	2·615	0·726	0·299	2·615	—	II
Gordon	4·845	3·518	0·739	0·609	3·318	-0·200	II
Kincardine and Deeside	3·630	3·322	0·449	0·272	3·322	—	II
Moray	4·750	3·145	0·825	—	3·145	—	II
Highland Region
Badenoch and Strathspey	1·235	1·151	0·113	0·054	1·070	-0·081	II
Caithness	2·375	2·147	0·323	0·323	2·147	—	II
Inverness	3·800	2·644	0·746	1·142	2·276	-0·368	I
Lochaber	2·260	2·015	0·291	0·852	1·502	-0·513	I
Nairn	0·570	0·465	0·138	0·159	0·444	-0·021	I
Ross and Cromarty	3·750	2·737	0·433	0·290	3·650	+0·913	II
Skye and Lochalsh	0·780	0·695	0·125	0·152	0·668	-0·027	II
Sutherland	1·340	1·207	0·157	0·141	1·207	—	II
Lothian Region
East Lothian	4·560	1·832	0·680	0·680	1·822	-0010	II
Edinburgh City	15·200	11·886	4·475	3·526	11·486	-0·400	II
Midlothian	3·325	0·144	1·114	1·263	Nil	-0·144	I
West Lothian	4·275	3·426	1·622	1·720	3·328	-0·098	II
Strathclyde Region							I
Argyll and Bute	4·760	4·049	0·841	0·112	3·879	-0·170	I
Bearsden and Milngavie	0·775	0·562	0·520	0·492	0·562	—	I
Clydebank	2·945	2·346	0·667	1·479	1·534	-0·812	I
Clydesdale	1·365	1·121	0·618	0·614	1·121	—	II
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth	1·140	0·900	0·753	0·882	0·771	-0·129	I
Cumnock and Doon Valley	2·015	1·668	0·598	1·049	1·474	-0·194	I
Cunninghame	4·560	3·812	1·793	3·917	1·688	-2·124	I
Dumbarton	2·470	1·832	1·042	2·468	0·595	-1·237	I
East Kilbride	0·690	0·573	0·456	0·454	0·573	—	II
Eastwood	0·235	0·066	0·071	0·243	0·186	+0·120	I
Glasgow City	71·180	53·060	21·561	40·612	35·946	-17·114	I
Hamilton	5·225	3·651	3·674	4·830	2·495	-1·156	I
Inverclyde	5·415	4·996	1·316	3·024	3·288	-1·708	I
Kilmarnock and Loudoun	3·160	2·626	1·072	2·484	1·547	-1·079	I
Kyle and Carrick	4·275	3·792	1·474	2·198	3·068	-0·724	I
Monklands	8·075	7·446	1·861	3·378	7·446	—	I
Motherwell	9·740	8·159	1·969	5·725	5·437	-2·722	I
Renfrew	9·500	6·274	2·548	5·892	3·559	-2·715	I
Strathkelvin	3·895	2·963	1·170	1·605	1·811	-1·152	I
Tayside Region
Angus	3·115	1·825	0·843	—	1·825	—	II
Dundee City	8·140	7·430	2·464	6·152	5·047	-2·383	I
Perth and Kinross	3·325	2·070	1·138	—	2·250	+0·180	II

	(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(e)	(f)	(g)
Authority	Provisional HRA Capital Allocation 1982–83 Gross Expenditure Base	Provisional Net HRA Capital Allocation 1982–83	Rate Fund Contribution Guideline 1982–83	Budgeted Rate Fund Contribution 1982–83	Final Net HRA Capital Allocation 1982–83	Difference between cols (b) and (e)	Group
	£ million	£ million	£ million	£ million	£ million	£ million
Islands Area
Orkney	0·740	0·489	0·237	0·304	0·489	—	I
Shetland	2·785	2·386	0·507	0·746	2·344	-0·042	I
Western Isles	3·335	3·143	0·437	1·214	2·774	-0·369	I
Total	282·000	209·408	77·332	121·838	166·291	-43·117	I

Notes:

1. For a. the gross expenditure base which was indicated to authorities has been provided but this does not represent a maximum capital allocation.

2. For b. the provisional net capital allocation has been provided. There was no minimum capital allocation.

3. For e. the final net allocation has been provided.

4. For f. the relevant change is that between b. and e. ie, between the provisional and final net allocations.

5. In g. group I authorities are those whose RFC limits were set on the basis of the assumptions underlying the 1982–83 housing support grant settlement and group II authorities are those which were treated differently because their 1981–82 budgeted RFC for 1981–82 was lower than the level assumed for 1982–83 in the housing support grant settlement.

Volume 22: debated on Thursday 29 April 1982