Viscountess ASTORasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how much money has been given, up to the present, to the firm of Messrs. J. Weir for bungalows and houses erected on the Weir system with public assistance; and whether there has been any increase in the insurance premiums payable on Weir houses following the recent fire?
§ Sir J. GILMOURI regret that the information desired is not available, but the amount paid to date to the Cardonald Housing Corporation, Limited, for the 1,000 bungalows and houses220W already built for the Second Scottish National Housing Company (Housing Trust), Limited, is £360,534. So far as I am aware, there has been no increase in the fire insurance premiums payable.
§ Mr. TAYLORasked the Secretary of State for Scotland the total number of houses, whether subsidised or not, built each year in Scotland since the War?
§ Sir J. GILMOURThe number of subsidised houses built in Scotland each year since the War is as follows:—
Year. No. of houses. 1919 Nil 1920 692 1921 5,816 1922 10,505 1923 6,618 1924 4,384 1925 8,201 1926 13,592 According to returns made by local authorities, the number of non-subsidised houses built is as follows:—
Year. No. of houses. 1919 approximately 5,000* 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1,553 1925 1,852 1926 1,812 * These returns were not instituted until 1924, and information for the previous years is incomplete.