HC Deb 28 February 1966 vol 725 c232W
Mr. Monro

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many houses were built for agricultural purposes during each of the last 10 years; and by which local authorities they were built.

Mr. Ross

Twenty-one houses were completed by Scottish local authorities with the help of the special subsidies for agricultural workers during the last ten years, as in the table below. Other local authority houses which may be occupied by agricultural workers, but which do not qualify for the special subsidies, cannot be separately identified.

1955–56—11 (Aberdeen County 3; Lanark County 8).

1956–57—4 (Aberdeen County).

1957–58—4 (Stirling County).

1958–59—Nil.

1959–60—2 (Roxburgh County).

1960–61—Nil.

1961–62—Nil.

1962–63—Nil.

1963–64—Nil.

1964–65—Nil.