§ Mr. Wm. Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will specify the three areas or councils in
Average Annual Standard Rent (£) (as at 30 September 1980) District/Islands Council Size of Dwelling* 2 apartments or less 3 apartments 4 apartments all sizes Highest Rents City of Edinburgh 321.20 390.48 452.48 396.74 Western Isles 338.22 368.57 392.03 373.92 Skye and Lochalsh 259.00 336.00 402.00 364.90 Lowest Rents Dumbarton 199.93 236.80 271.87 244.15 Lochaber 185.93 237.81 257.10 246.22 Nithsdale 209.37 239.70 275.49 249.39 * Figures relate to apartments, and not number of bedrooms (on which information is unavailable). It is not possible to estimate the total cost to public funds, or the economic rent, of each type of dwelling: these will depend on assumptions about authorities' policies on rents and on repair and maintenance, and also on their debt management practices, as well as on future interest rates.
§ Mr. Wm. Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give for the latest available period the average contract price of providing a publicly owned dwelling of each size normally built in Scotland; and if he will show also the highest and lowest contract price accepted for the same dwellings in Scotland.
§ Mr. RifkindThe information is not available in the form requested. Table 14 of Scottish Housing Statistics, No. 12, lists the average costs in tenders accepted for public authority dwellings in Scotland, listed for each size of dwelling normally built.