HC Deb 23 June 1931 vol 254 cc240-1W
Mr. McGOVERN

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the cost of three-apartment and four-apartment houses which were built in 1923 and 1924 at Sandyhills, Glasgow; the cost of the latest houses built on the same site during 1930; and the respective rents?

Mr. W. ADAMSON

The costs of the three-apartment and four-apartment houses built by the Glasgow Corporation at Sandyhills in 1923 and 1924 were £439 and £553 respectively, while the costs of the houses of the corresponding types built by the corporation on the same site during 1930 were £335 and £402 respectively. The rents of the houses built in 1923 and 1924 are £27 and £35 per annum for the three-apartment and four-apartment houses respectively, and the rents of the houses built in 1930 are £28 and £35 for the three- and four-apartment houses respectively.

Mr. McGOVERN

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the numbers of ordinary, intermediate and slum-clearance houses built in Shettleston Parliamentary Division from 1st June, 1929, to 1st June, 1931, and the number of houses closed and demolished?

Mr. ADAMSON

The numbers of ordinary, intermediate and slum-clearance houses built by Glasgow Corporation in the Shettleston Parliamentary Division from 1st June, 1929, to 1st June, 1931, are 184, 438 and 612 respectively, and the number of houses closed and demolished during the same period is 391.

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