§ Mr. Eadieasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in a table details of the new rent structures in the new towns of Scotland compared with existing rents in other new towns in Great Britain.
§ Mr. RossI am sending to my hon. Friend a set of extensive tables showing the standard rents to be reached in the Scottish new towns by 1971–72, and the graduation of rents below the standard rents according to the income of the tenants, under the comprehensive scheme recently announced by the development corporations.
The full standard, ungraduated rents to be reached in Scotland by 1971–72 are broadly equivalent to the 1966–67 rents at present payable in the English new towns.
I regret that because of the number of new towns involved, the absence of a comprehensive scheme of rents for all the English new towns, and the number of variable factors, all the information requested cannot be made available in a suitable table.
§ Mr. Eadieasked the Secretary of State for Scotland on what criteria he based his approval of the new rent structure in new towns.
§ Mr. RossI would refer my hon. Friend to the Answer given today to my hon. Friend the Member for Fife, West (Mr. William Hamilton).
§ Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table showing the rents charged for different types of houses in each of the new towns in the month of March in 1951, 1955, 1959, 1964 and 1966, respectively.
§ Mr. RossThe following table gives the average standard rents for three apart-46W ment and four apartment houses, built for general needs, in November of each of these years. The figures for March of each year would not be significantly different. These figures are exclusive of any abatements.
NEW TOWNS IN SCOTLAND Average standard rent (November) 3 Apt. 4 Apt. £ £ 1951 East Kilbride … — *39:17: 7 Glenrothes … — *40:—:— 1955 East Kilbride … 36:16: 1 42: 3:10 Glenrothes … 36:16: 1 41: 5:10 1959 Cumbernauld … 27:12:— 29:17: 8 East Kilbride … 28: 4: 1 33: 1: 4 Glenrothes … 33:—:— 36:—: 6 1964 Cumbernauld … 56:15: 3 67:16: 1 East Kilbride … 49: 8: 8 60:18: 9 Glenrothes … 40:13: 2 45:13: 1 1966 Cumbernauld … 69: 2: 4 80:12:— East Kilbride … 61:19: 4 78:17: 4 Glenrothes … 56:15: 4 62:12: 4 Livingston … 55: 5:— 68: 9: 4 * This figure covers houses of both sizes.