§ 97. Lady Tweedsmuirasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how much slum clearance is being undertaken in the City of Aberdeen; how much central development there has been to the latest convenient date; and what is the cost involved.
§ Mr. MaclayIn the six years 1956–61 a total of 2,869 unfit houses were closed or demolished in Aberdeen, and the corporation
128Wstudents, respectively, for the academic year 1960–61.
§ Mr. MaclayThe information is contained in the following table:
proposes to deal with a further 1,147 houses in the three years 1962–64. It has proposals for central development covering 19.76 acres and providing 704 new houses, of which 234 had been completed or were under construction at the end of 1961.
The cost of these operations cannot readily be isolated from the total expenditure on housing in Aberdeen; capital expenditure in the years 1956–61 averaged £1,323,675.