HC Deb 25 April 1934 vol 288 cc1718-20W
Sir A. SINCLAIR

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many houses have been completed in rural areas in each county of Scotland, in each month since February, 1933, under the provisions of the Housing (Slum Clearance) Act, 1930; and how many have been completed up to the same date in county areas, excluding burghs, in each county?

Sir G. COLLINS

The following statement contains the information asked for:

HOUSING (SCOTLAND) ACT, 9301.
Number of houses (a) completed each month since February, 1933, in counties (excluding burghs) under the Housing (Scotland) Act, 1930, up to 31st March, 1934, and (b) number of houses shown in column (a) which were completed in each month since February, 1933, in "rural areas" (as defined in the Act) to which the higher rate of subsidy of £2 15s. per unit applies.
County. March, 1933. April, 1933. May, 1933. June, 1933. July, 1933. August, 1933. Sept., 1933. Oct., 1933. Nov., 1933. Dec., 1933. Jan., 1934. Feb., 1934. March, 1934.
(a) (b) (a) (b) (a) (b) (a) (b) (a) (b) (a) (b) (a) (b) (a) (b) (a) (b) (a) (b) (a) (b) (a) (b) (a (b)
Aberdeen 35
Angus
Argyll
Ayr 58 22 50 26 62 24 18 30 4 49 30 17 20 20 32 18 28
Banff
Berwick 4 4
Bute
Caithness
Clackmannan
Dunbarton 54
Dumfries
East Lothian 10
Fife 46 20 20 8 16 20
Inverness
Kincardine
Kinross
Kirkcudbright
Lanark 48 16 32 32 60 44 72 40 24 28 28 64 36
Midlothian 46 16 36 36 28 12 8 20 20 4 16 32 2
Moray
Nairn 4
Orkney
Peebles
Perth
Renfrew 68 16 44 16 44 20 78 32 32 16 24 8 4 4 2
Ross and Cromarty
Roxburgh 2 2 6 6
Stirling 4 14 13 16 4 10 50 8 36 52 8 16 31 26 21 28
Selkirk
Sutherland 2 2
West Lothian 22 6 8 14 12 32 16 16 8 44 38
Wigtown
Zetland 4 4
246 54 168 80 233 24 120 4 222 44 250 54 185 160 24 102 22 134 59 26 139 10 168 8