HC Deb 04 March 1964 vol 690 cc217-20W
Mr. Gourlay

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the number of houses completed which have qualified for the £12 and £32 subsidies, respectively, under the provisions of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1962, to the latest available date; and the names of the local authorities concerned.

Mr. Noble

Claims by 69 local authorities for the basic subsidies under the Housing (Scotland) Act, 1962, have so far been settled. Of the 5,216 completed houses covered by these claims 1,822 have qualified for £12 and 3,394 for £32 or more. The authorities concerned are as follows:

Authorities qualifying for subsidy of £12
Authority Nos. of houses
Counties
East Lothian 12
Sutherland 16
Burghs
Aberdeen 20
Banff 2
Buckhaven 23
Cowdenbeath 16
Dalkeith 11
Darvel 4
Doune 6
Dunbar 8
Dundee 457
East Linton 1
Edinburgh 118
Elgin 26
Eyemouth 21
Falkirk 4
Fort William 17
Fraserburgh 13
Glasgow 672
(completed in 1962–63)
Hamilton 158
Kilwinning 56
Kirriemuir 4
Lanark 2
Largs 6
Leslie 4
Lochgelly 30
(completed in 1962–63)
Monifieth 10
Motherwell and Wishaw 10
Musselburgh 54
Tillicoultry 3
(completed in 1962–63)
Troon 24
Turriff 8
St. Andrews 6
1,822

Authorities qualifying for subsidy of £32
Authority Nos. of houses
Counties
Aberdeen 85
Angus 22
Argyll 13
Ayr 38
Dumfries 35
Fife 100
Kirkcudbright 4
Lanark 111
Midlothian 366
Roxburgh 6

Authority Nos. of houses
Burghs
Alva 20
Annan 6
Ayr 8
Bathgate 12
Brechin 20
Carnoustie 21
Dalbeattie 4
Dunfermline 14
Forfar 4
Glasgow 1,671
(completed in 1963–64)
Hawick 2
Irvine 6
Lochgelly 99
(completed in 1963–64)
Maybole 13
Montrose 12
Paisley 4
Perth 109
Peterhead 104
Renfrew 15
Selkirk 22
Stirling 61
Tillicoultry 12
(completed in 1963–64)
3,019
Authorities qualifying for subsidy of £40
Authority Nos. of houses
Counties
Clackmannan 2
(completed in 1962–63)
Dunbarton 78
Burghs
Dumbarton 30
Dumfries 110
Rutherglen 52
272
Cost Starting date Completion date
(as estimated by he Authority in each case)
£
Coatbridge, St. Augustine's Roman Catholic primary school; new building 160,000 February, 1965 February, 1966
Airdrie High School; extension and remodelling 400,000 February, 1965 February, 1967
Coatbridge, St. Patrick's Roman Catholic High School; first phase of remodelling and extension 50,000 February, 1965 February, 1966
The Shawhead project is noted in the Authority's programme as one that may possible start in 1966–67
Authorities qualifying for subsidy of £48
Authority Nos. of houses
Counties
Clackmannan 20
(completed in 1963–64)
Stirling 75
West Lothian 8
103