§ 64. Mr. Boothbyasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware that the shortage of houses both in the urban and rural districts of Scotland re mains acute; and whether he will give consideration to the views which have been submitted to him by the councils of many burghs on the subject of housing, with a view to introducing further legislation next Session?
§ Mr. ColvilleI would refer my hon. Friend to the answer which I gave to the right hon. Member for Kirkcaldy Burghs (Mr. Kennedy) on this subject on 18th July.
§ Mr. BoothbyDoes my right hon. Friend intend to give the matter consideration before the Recess?
§ Mr. ColvilleI explained the difficulties to the local authorities at Edinburgh, but I said that I would bear their recommendations fully in mind.
§ 68. Mr. R. Gibsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland the number of houses built for letting by local authorities and by private enterprise, respectively, in each of the counties, cities, and large burghs
| Number of houses built by County Councils, Town Councils of large burghs and by private enterprise in Scotland for certain periods. | ||||||
| District. | Houses built by Local Authorities from 1st January, 1929 to 30th June, 1939. | Houses built by private enterprise for sale and letting from 1st January, 1929 to 30th June, 1939. | Houses built for letting by private enterprise from 1st January, 1934 to 30th Jun, 1939.* | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |||
| Landward District of Counties: | ||||||
| Aberdeen | … | … | … | 1,146 | 825 | 62 |
| Angus | … | … | … | 228 | 191 | 13 |
| Argyll | … | … | … | 181 | 198 | 8 |
| Ayr … | … | … | … | 5,074 | 813 | 82 |
| Banff | … | … | … | 74 | 31 | — |
| Berwick | … | … | … | 188 | 158 | 7 |
| Bute | … | … | … | 12 | 158 | 1 |
| Caithness | … | … | … | 159 | 37 | 19 |
| Clackmannan | … | … | 813 | 68 | 22 | |
| Dumfries | … | … | … | 211 | 157 | 12 |
| Dunbarton | … | … | … | 1,455 | 2,892 | 33 |
| East Lothian | … | … | 866 | 385 | 83 | |
| Fife | … | … | … | 2,608 | 431 | 70 |
| Inverness | … | … | … | 256 | 545 | 29 |
| Kincardine | … | … | 94 | 107 | 8 | |
| Kinross | … | … | … | 12 | 42 | 12 |
| Kirkcudbright | … | … | 145 | 176 | 3 | |
| Lanark | … | … | … | 7,941 | 4,044 | 222 |
| Midlothian | … | … | 1,815 | 544 | 202 | |
| Moray | … | … | … | 74 | 65 | 4 |
| Nairn | … | … | … | 12 | 22 | — |
| Orkney | … | … | … | 4 | 21 | — |
| Peebles | … | … | … | 45 | 34 | — |
| Perth | … | … | … | 320 | 478 | 77 |
| Renfrew | … | … | … | 1,546 | 6,958 | 51 |
| Ross | … | … | … | 252 | 404 | 6 |
| Roxburgh | … | … | … | 193 | 103 | 9 |
| Selkirk | … | … | … | 13 | 13 | 1 |
| Stirling | … | … | … | 3,471 | 823 | 147 |
| Sutherland | … | … | … | 198 | 42 | — |
| West Lothian | … | … | 1,598 | 257 | 152 | |
| Wigtown | … | … | … | 97 | 47 | 9 |
| Zetland | … | … | … | 66 | 61 | — |
| Large Burghs: | ||||||
| Aberdeen | … | … | … | 4.873 | 4,468 | — |
| Airdrie | … | … | … | 2,059 | 78 | 4 |
| Arbroath | … | … | … | 484 | 141 | 6 |
| Ayr … | … | … | … | 1,551 | 871 | — |
| Clydebank | … | … | … | 1,074 | 200 | — |
| Coatbridge | … | … | … | 1,982 | 59 | 2 |
| Dumbarton | … | … | 509 | 351 | 4 | |
| Dumfries | … | … | … | 814 | 410 | 5 |
| Dundee | … | … | … | 4,583 | 2,363 | 152 |
| Dunfermline | … | … | 1,282 | 268 | — | |
| Edinburgh | … | … | … | 9,241 | 17,551 | 4,047 |
| Falkirk | … | … | … | 1,596 | 375 | 5 |
§ in Scotland, respectively, from 1929 to June, 1939?
§ Mr. ColvilleAs the answer involves a table of figures I propose, with the hon. and learned Member's permission, to circulate it in the OFFICVIAL REPORT. It will be observed that figures of houses built by private enterprise for letting are available only from 1934.
§ Following is the answer:
1253| District. | Houses built by Local Authorities from 1st January, 1929 to 30th June, 1939. | Houses built by private enterprise for sale and letting from 1st January, 1929 to 30th June, 1939. | Houses built for letting by private enterprise from 1st January, 1934 to 30th June, 1939.* | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |||
| Large Burghs (cont.): | ||||||
| Glasgow | … | … | … | 33,767 | 9,257 | 2,234 |
| Greenock | … | … | … | 2,571 | 197 | 7 |
| Hamilton | … | … | … | 2,340 | 72 | 6 |
| Inverness | … | … | … | 893 | 168 | 7 |
| Kilmarnock | … | … | 2,209 | 252 | — | |
| Kirkcaldy | … | … | … | 2,394 | 339 | 15 |
| Motherwell | … | … | … | 2,822 | 412 | — |
| Paisley | … | … | … | 4,497 | 261 | 8 |
| Perth | … | … | … | 1,242 | 697 | 197 |
| Port Glasgow | … | … | 743 | 4 | — | |
| Rutherglen… | … | … | 940 | 155 | — | |
| Stirling | … | … | … | 1,511 | 94 | 5 |
| Total | … | … | 117,044 | 60,173 | 8,158 | |
| Notes. | ||||||
| 1. The figures in columns 3 and 4 relate to houses of five apartments and less built by private enterprise, which are regarded as houses of a working-class type. | ||||||
| 2. *The number of houses built for letting by private enterprise is not separately recorded for periods before 1st January, 1934. | ||||||
| 3. The statement does not include houses built in small burghs. In these districts town councils built 33,813 houses during the period from 1st January, 1929, to 30th June, 1939, and private enterprise built 7,227 houses for sale and letting during the same period and 278 houses for letting from 1st January, 1934, to 30th June, 1939. |