§ Mr. Gourlayasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the average size in square feet, the average building cost, the average annual loan charges, and the total cost of four-apartment local authority houses completed for each calendar year to date since 1951.
Year (1) Number of Houses Approved (2) Average Area (3) Average Tender Price (4) Average Annual Loan Charges for Col. (3) sq. ft. £ £ s. d. 1951 … … … … … … 5,205 not available 1,644 69 5 2 1952 … … … … … … 5,132 not available 1,766 81 15 9 1953 … … … … … … 6,256 not available 1,679 74 4 3 1954 … … … … … … 5,101 not available 1,493 62 17 11 1955 … … … … … … 4,207 not available 1,489 78 13 3 1956 … … … … … … 3,265 not available 1,597 95 3 0 1957 … … … … … … 2,143 not available 1,673 115 4 4 1958 … … … … … … 3,393 866 1,650 98 6 2 1959 … … … … … … 3,546 859 1,625 96 16 5 1960 … … … … … … 2,896 875 1,761 110 19 11 1961 … … … … … … 3,206 867 1,913 131 14 11 1962 … … … … … … 4,390 874 2,346 142 9 3 1963 … … … … … … 3,801* 873* 2,508* 149 8 7 * 1963—Provisional Figures. The interest rates on which the figures in Column (4) are based are the Public Works Loan Board's long-term borrowing rates. Not all authorities borrow from this source or at these rates.