§ Mr. Home RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of housing to rent in East Lothian; and if he will make a supplementary housing capital allocation to East Lothian district council for the current year.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonIt is the responsibility of East Lothian district council to consider the housing needs of its area, including housing for rent. The Government took full account of East Lothian's needs, as set out in its housing plan and housing capital programme, when decisions were taken on East Lothian's housing capital allocations for 1992–93.
All resources currently available for housing capital expenditure in Scotland in 1992–93 have been distributed. If further resources become available, the relative housing needs of East Lothian will continue to be taken fully into account.