§ Mr. GARDNERasked the Secretary of State for Scotland the Exchequer contributions made each year in respect of housing schemes in Scotland under the Housing, Town Planning, &c, Act, 1919, the Housing (Additional Powers) Act, 1919, the Housing &c, 1923, the Housing (Financial Provisions) Act, 1924, and the Housing (Rural Workers) Act, 1926; and show the number of houses in each case for each year in respect of which subsidy was paid?
§ Sir J. GILMOURThe figures are as follow:—
223W224W
HOUSING—SCOTLAND STATEMENT showing for the Years 1920 to 1926, inclusive, the Amount of Exchequer Contribution with relative Numbers of Houses under various Acts. Year ending 31st December. Housing (etc.) Act, 1923. Housing, Town Planning etc. (Scotland) Act, 1919. Housing (Additional Powers) Act, 1919. Exclusive of Schemes for Improvement of Insanitary Areas. Schemes for Improvement of Insanitary Areas. Housing (Financial Provisions) Act, 1924. Housing (Rural Workers) Act, 1926. Amount of Exchequer Contribution. Number of Houses completed.* Amount of Exchequer Contribution. Number of Houses in respect of which Exchequer Contribution paid. Amount of Exchequer Contribution. Number of Houses in respect of which Exchequer Contribution paid. Amount of Exchequer Contribution. Number of Houses completed.* Amount of Exchequer Contribution. Number of Houses in respect of which Exchequer Contribution paid. Amount of Exchequer Contribution. Number of Houses in respect of which Exchequer Contribution paid. £ £ £ £ £ £ 1920 … 28,178 574 28,740 118 — — — — — — — — 1921 … 192,717 4,713 266,237 1,104 — — — — — — — — 1922 … 504,668 9,491 240,072 989 — — — — — — — — 1923 … 791,147 6,309 14,957 110 — — Nil 208 — — — — 1924 … 1,002,949 2,346 290 3 252 121 6,975 621 — — — — 1925 … 913,839 1,891 — — 7,081 2,490 21,103 1,547 786 247 — — 1926 … 1,043,310 204 — — 43,012 9,232 11,683 2,000 8,490 952 Nil Nil *Under this Act the number of houses to which the Exchequer Contributions are referable cannot be given as they are paid according to the approved annual deficits irrespective of the number of houses completed.