Housing Revenue Account (HRA) statistics: local authority housing income and expenditure 1997-1998 to 2019-2020 (near actuals) and 2020-2021 (budgeted estimates)

This annual publication provides information on trends in the balance of HRA housing income and expenditure; the amount Scottish councils earned from housing and other council stock, how they spent this income and whether there was a surplus or deficit at year end.

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Expenditure on loan charges (table 1a)

28. Loan charges are the repayment of principal and interest on outstanding debt on council houses. Local Authorities spent £273m on loan charges to the HRA in 2019-20. Loan charges represent 27% of all Local Authority housing expenditure (excluding capital spend) in 2019-20.

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