§ Mr. Robin F. Cookasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many standard, conversion, improvement and repairs grants were paid by each authority in 1977–78; and what was the total cost in each area.
§ Mr. Hugh D. BrownThe figures is as follows:
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Discretionary grants Region District Conversion Improvement Standard grants Grants for repairs only* Total cost Number Number Number Number £ Lothian East Lothian 27 64 — — 93,444 City of Edinburgh 76 2,661 — — 2,532,377 Midlothian — — — — — West Lothian 7 103 — 2 126,416 Strathdyde Argyll 3 115 — — 125,178 Bearsden and Milngavie — — — — — Clydebank 1 5 7 — 3,091 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth — 5 — — 3,746 Cumnock and Doon Valley — 10 1 — 10,554 Cunninghame — 70 3 — 47,570 Dumbarton 8 36 — — 35,504 East Kilbride 1 31 2 — 30,908 Eastwood — 7 — — 8,971 City of Glasgow 46 440 3 — 213,175 Hamilton — 49 — — 42,656 Inverclyde 8 50 10 — 68,889 Kilmarnock and Loudoun — 26 14 — 28,432 Kyle and Carrick 8 97 — — 117,012 Lanark 4 38 — — 47,114 Monklands 1 24 3 — 19,193 Motherwell 5 28 — — 33,547 Renfrew 21 100 48 — 101,330 Strathkelvin — 9 18 — 14,261 Tayside Angus 34 138 18 — 304,339 City of Dundee — 488 2 — 279,265 Perth and Kinross 20 160 6 — 217,743 Orkney — 71 6 — 81,393 Shetland — 34 4 — 47,632 Western Isles — 120 2 — 190,235 GRAND TOTAL 469 6,951 216 5 7,607,752 * As provided for under section 11(7) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1974
§ Mr. Tebbitasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the total number of housing grants, both public and private and discretionary improvement, standard and special grants, in Scotland in the following periods (a) July 1945 to October 1951, (b) October 1951 to October 1964, (c) October 1964 to June 1970, (d) June 1970 to February 1974 and (e) February 1974 to the latest available date.
§ Mr. Hugh D. BrownThe number of applications for grant approved can be extracted from issues of the "Housing Return for Scotland", available in the House of Commons Library. This return is being superseded by a more comprehensive publication, Scottish Housing Statistics, the first issue of which will be for the first quarter of 1978 and will be published in August.