§ Sir A. SINCLAIRasked the Secretary of State for Scotland the costs of construction, excluding land and roads, of tenement houses of three apartments, arid also of those of four apartments, in Glasgow and in Edinburgh, respectively?
§ Sir G. COLLINSAccording to tenders recently submitted to the Department of Health in respect of houses to be built on normal sites, the cost of construction, excluding land and roads, of three-storey tenement houses, each containing three and four apartments, was £248 and £2431104W respectively in Glasgow, and £262 and £310 in Edinburgh.
§ Sir A. SINCLAIRasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many houses were built in Scotland during the year ended 30th June; and how many of these were to be let at rents of 10s. a week, including rates, or less?
§ Sir G. COLLINSDuring the year ended 30th June last the number of houses built in Scotland with the help of State subsidy was 23,743. The approval of the Department of Health is not required to the rents of individual houses, and I am unable to say how many of the above houses were to be let at rents of 10s. a week, including rates, or less.
§ Sir A. SINCLAIRasked the Secretary of State for Scotland the number of houses under construction with the assistance of a State subsidy in the month of June, 1934, and the number approved for subsidy, but not begun, in the same month; the number constructed with the help of a State guarantee under the Housing (Scotland) Act, 1933, and the number approved for guarantee, but not begun, in the same month; the number of houses the construction of which was approved in June, 1934, distinguishing between slum clearance and other assisted houses; in respect of how many houses in Scotland certificates have been granted approving assistance by way of loan; and how many approving assistance by way of grant under the Housing (Rural Workers) Acts, 1926 and 1931, in the second quarter of 1934?
§ Sir G. COLLINSThe number of subsidised houses under construction in Scotland at 30th June, 1934, was 13,515, and the number previously approved for subsidy but not begun at that date was 3,894. At the same date the number of houses completed with the help of a guarantee under the Act of 1933 was 20, and the number then approved for guarantee purposes but not begun was nil. The number of houses approved for construction in June, 1934, was 1,215, of which 933 were to replace slum dwellings, 234 were other assisted houses, and 48 had not been allocated. In the second quarter of this year under the Housing (Rural Workers) Acts, 1926 and 1931, certificates were granted approving assistance by way 1105W of loan in respect of 25 houses, and by way of grant in respect of 1,033 houses.