HC Deb 26 March 1946 vol 421 cc172-4
1. Mr. McLean Watson

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the number of houses reconditioned and the amount of grants paid to owner-occupiers and to landlords, separately, under the Housing (Rural Workers) Acts in Scotland, giving each county separately

The Joint Under-Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr. Buchanan)

At 31st December, 1945, the latest date for which information is available, the number of houses reconditioned under the Housing (Rural Workers) Act was 5,415 by owner-occupiers and 27,652 by landlords. The total grant paid is £471,523 to owner-occupiers and £2,438,620 to landlords. I am circulating details for each county in the OFFICIAT. REPORT.

Following are the details:

HOUSING (RURALWORKERS) ACTS.—Houses reconditioned (i) by owner-occupiers and (ii) by landlords, as at 31st December, 1945, and amounts of grants paid under each head.
Local Authority. Numbers reconditioned Amounts of grants paid.
Totals Houses. (i) Houses (ii) Houses. (i)£ i.r.o. Houses. (ii) £ i.r.o. Houses. Totals £
COUNTIES—
Aberdeen … … 3.307 597 2,710 52,492 597 245,960 2,710 298,452
Angus … … 1,215 72 1,143 5,639 72 83,931 1,143 89,570
Argyll … … 935 423 512 38,410 423 43,651 512 82,041
Ayr … … 2,254 201 2,053 19,887 201 188,975 2,047 208,862
Banff … … 243 62 181 5,880 62 14,407 181 20,287
Berwick … … 843 10 833 985 10 73,785 833 74,770
Bute … … 83 74 9 5,948 74 739 8 6,687
Caithness. … … 366 116 250 19,523 116 21,586 250 32,109
Clackmannan … … 207 22 185 1,926 22 12,360 156 14,286
Dumfries. … … 900 63 837 6,322 63 81,596 837 87,918
Dunbarton … … 622 14 608 1,350 14 52,217 608 53,567
East Lothian … … 1,832 20 1,8l2 1,750 20 173,816 1,812 175,566
Fife … … 2,929 238 2,691 22,848 238 258,152 2,691 281,000
Inverness. … … 1,776 1,415 361 116,579 1,414 27,784 359 144,363
Kincardine … … 261 15 246 1,398 15 23,677' 246 25,075
Kinross … … 128 10 118 911 10 11,208 118 12,119
Kirkcudbright … … 1,036 119 917 10,431 119 84,953 909 95,384
Lanark … … 878 53 825 5,173 53 70,022 824 75,195
Midlothian … … 1,096 2 1,094 200 2 107,491 1,091 107,691
Moray … … 775 164 611 13,149 164 37,370 611 50,519
Nairn … … 68 4 64 337 4 5,899 64 6,236
Orkney … … 221 107 114 6,193 107 8,211 114 14,404
Peebles … … 515 22 493 1,914 22 45,984 490 47,898
Perth … … 2,621 68 2,553 6,453 68 233,053 2,553 239,506
Renfrew … … 222 2 220 200 2 16,659 215 16,859
Ross … … 987 682 305 59,119 682 25,506 305 84,625
Roxburgh … … 1,834 56 1,778 4,498 56 150,208 1,778 154,706
Selkirk … … 433 13 420 1,226 13 34,682 420 35,08
Stirling … … 1,290 90 1,200 8,428 90 95,853 1,200 104,281
Sutherland … … 267 253 14 23,903 253 549 14 24,452
West Lothian … … 453 15 438 1,483 15 39,833 438 41,316
Wigtown … … 116 — 1l6 — — 11,099 116 11,099
Zetland … … 24 20 4 2,034 24 391 4 2,425
TOTAL COUNTIES … … 30.737 5,022 25,715 437,589 5,025 2,281,587 25,657 2,719,176
TOTAL BURGUS … … 2,330 393 1,937 33,934 380 157,033 1,921 190,967
GRAND TOTAL (SCOTLAND) … … 33,067 5,415 27,652 471.523 5.405 2,438,620 27,578 2,910,143