§ Mrs. Ray MichieTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will produce figures for the total stock of dwellings for Scotland by tenure; and if he will express those figures by local authority area.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonEstimates of the dwelling stock in Scotland by tenure are published quarterly in "Housing and Construction Statistics". The numbers of domestic subjects on the valuation roll by tenure for each local authority area in Scotland are published annually in "Rating Review: Estimates of Income and Expenditure Summary Volume" by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy. Copies of both publications are available in the Library.
§ Mrs. Ray MichieTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the number of local authority dwellings in Scotland, expressed by house type.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe available information is set out in the table.
Estimated local authority dwelling stock by house type, Scotland 1988 Dwelling type Number of dwellings (thousand) House 332 Highrise flat 54 Tenement flat 94 Other flat/maisonette 315 Type not known 32 Total 827
§ Mrs. Ray MichieTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much subsidy in terms of housing support grant and rate fund contribution has been paid and is estimated to be paid in respect of local authorities for each of the financial years 1979–80 to 1989–90, both in total, and expressed as a subsidy per dwelling for the total number of dwellings in local authority control and in respect of those authorities in receipt of subsidy.
Lord James Douglas HamiltonThe information requested is set out in the table:
Financial year Total Subsidies £ million Subsidies per dwelling 1 £ Subsidies per dwelling 2 £ 1979–80 286.324 320.50 320.50 1980–81 307.603 343.68 343.68 1981–82 268.175 300.21 300.21 1982–83 229.341 259.28 264.02 1983–84 195.331 223.80 228.24 1984–85 206.230 239.07 243.79 1985–86 162.572 180.08 200.28 1986–87 120.777 135.42 151.29 1987–88 82.966 102.96 104.79 1988–89 76.588 94.75 99.13 1989–903 63.854 82.45 243.00 Notes:
1Calculated on the basis of the total number of dwellings held on local authority housing revenue accounts.
2Calculated on the basis of the numbers of dwellings held on local authority housing revenue accounts to which subsidy credited during that year.
3As estimated by the Scottish Development Department.