HC Deb 11 March 1981 vol 1000 cc359-61W
Mr. Dewar

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many houses were started and completed in Scotland in 1980 by (a) local authorities, (b) the Scottish Special Housing Association, (c) housing associations—excluding the SSHA—(d) new towns and (e) the private sector.

Mr. Rifkind

The information requested on houses started and completed in Scotland in 1980 is as follows:

Starts Completions
Local Authorities 2,807 5,041
SSHA 1,510 1,119
Housing Associations 1,261 869
New Towns 1,155 1,288
Public Sector Total 6,733 8,317
Private Sector 9,680 12,187

Mr. Dewar

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will provide a breakdown of how many houses were started and completed by each of the 53 district councils and three island authorities in Scotland in 1980.

Mr. Rifkind

Information on local authority houses started and completed in 1980 is given in the following table.

Local Authority Housebuilding Scotland 1980
Local Authority Starts Completions
SCOTLAND 2,807 5,041
BORDERS 47 79
Berwickshire 2 11
Ettrick and Lauderdale
Roxburgh 37 12
Tweedale 8 56
CENTRAL 94 197
Clackmannan 132
Falkirk 24 23
Stirling 70 42
DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY 210 430
Annandale and Eskdale 118 224
Nithsdale 63 78
Stewartry 7 51
Wigtown 22 77
FIFE 216 285
Dunfermline 18 114
Kirkcaldy 56 44
North East Fife 142 127
GRAMPIAN 787 1,309
City of Aberdeen 243 518
Banff and Buchan 301 220
Gordon 22
Kincardine and Deeside 10 4
Moray 211 567
HIGHLAND 214 488
Badenoch and Strathspey 41 49
Caithness 30 68
Inverness 46 132
Lochaber 102
Nairn

Local Authority Starts Completions
Ross and Cromarty 79 64
Skye and Lochalsh 9 46
Sutherland 9 27
LOTHIAN 110 65
East Lothian 18
City of Edinburgh 110
Midlothian 47
West Lothian
STRATHCLYDE 748 1,593
Argyll and Bute 47 126
Bearsden and Milngavie 67
Clydebank 23 63
Clydesdale 34 32
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 3 54
Cumnock and Doon Valley 4 47
Cunninghame 60 68
Dumbarton 39
East Kilbride
Eastwood 3 25
City of Glasgow 227 385
Hamilton 22 166
Inverclyde 8
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 62
Kyle and Carrick 15 119
Monklands 32 37
Motherwell 26 173
Renfrew 212 122
Strathkelvin 40
TAYSIDE 196 395
Angus 40
City of Dundee 82 82
Penh and Kinross 114 273
ORKNEY ISLANDS AREA 28 25
SHETLAND ISLANDS AREA 66 121
WESTERN ISLES ISLANDS AREA 91 54