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Housing: Expenditure
Mr. Meacher: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much was spent on housing (a) in 2007 prices and (b) as a percentage of gross national product in each year since 1980; and what percentage of each year’s total was spent on (i) owner-occupied housing, (ii) registered social landlord/housing corporation housing and (iii) council housing. [164667]
Angela Eagle [holding answer 15 November 2007]: I have been asked to reply.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 5 December 2007:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question, directed at the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. You requested the amount spent on housing (a) in 2007 prices and (b) as a percentage of gross national product in each year since 1980, and what percentage of each year’s total was spent on (i) owned-occupied housing, (ii) registered social landlord/housing corporation housing and (iii) council housing.
Table A shows investment in housing, defined by total dwellings (excluding land) as a percentage of total gross national income (formerly called gloss national product).
Table B gives the percentage breakdown of total dwellings by the following three sectors:
i) households and NPISH (Non Profit Institutions Serving Households)—investment on dwellings by the household sector and non profit institutions serving households (or the charity sector);
ii) central government—investment on dwellings by the central government sector; and
iii) public non-financial corporations—broadly representing investment on dwellings by local authorities via the Housing Revenue Account.
These provide the nearest definitions available to the breakdown requested. Information is not available for registered social landlord/housing corporation housing.
Note that all the data shown is in current prices, although constant price data at 2003 prices is available on request.
| Table B: Further breakdown of investment in housing | |||||
| £ million | |||||
| Total dwellings, (excluding land) | Households and NPISH (Percentage) | Central Government (Percentage) | Public non-financial corporations (Percentage) | Other (Percentage) | |
| Notes: 1. These figures are based on data last published, in September 2007. 2. The breakdown of dwellings data is summarised in Table 9.1 of the 2007 Blue Book. 3. Where data is missing, it is unavailable before the start date for that series. | |||||
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