§ 21. Mr Eadieasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the payment by Castle Rock housing association funded by the Housing Corporation of the sum of £209,750 to Lothian Estates for houses in Newtongrange, Midlothian.
§ Mr. YoungerIn April 1984 Castle Rock housing association acquired 116 former National Coal Board houses at Newtongrange from Lothian Estates for rehabilitation as the first phase of a planned housing action area programme declared by Midlothian district council. The purchase price of £209,750 was in accordance with the district valuer's final assessment of value and was funded in the normal way by loan finance from the Housing Corporation. The houses will be available for letting when work is complete.