§ Mr. SillarsTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing the number of private sector houses in Glasgow over each of the past five years, and the total amount of grant for repairs and maintenance in each year, and express that total as divided by the number of private sector houses.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 22 May 1991] : The available information is set out in the table. Grant is not payable for ongoing works of maintenance.
Private sector dwellings1 Amount of repair grant paid£2 (a) (b) (b)÷(a) 1986 119,172 24,143,865 203 1987 122,176 24,116,945 197 1988 125,401 23,575,413 188 1989 128,093 30,197,296 236 1990 n/a 18,690,760 n/a 1 Source: Valuation roll. Includes housing association dwellings. 2 Source: Returns from Glasgow district council. n/a not available.