§ Sir B. Neven-Spenceasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will state in respect of Scotland the number of sites approved for temporary houses; the number of sites handed over to the Ministry of Works; the number of sites on which slabbing had begun; and the number of sites on which slabbing had been completed, all as at 31st December, 1945.
§ Mr. BuchananThe figures are 24,075, 8,801, 5,770, 4,112 respectively.
§ Colonel J. R. H. Hutchisonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how much land for housing was in the possession of local authorities in Scotland, or in course of being purchased by them, on 31st December, 1945.
§ Mr. BuchananLand for 15,000 temporary houses and 69,000 permanent houses had either been acquired or was in process of being acquired at 31st December.
§ Sir B. Neven-Spenceasked the Secretary of State for Scotland the number of temporary houses completed and the number under construction as at 31st December, 1945, in Scotland; and how many of these were in the landward areas.
§ Mr. BuchananAt 31st December, 437 temporary houses were completed and 1,576 under construction, of which 19434W and 578 respectively were in landward areas.
§ Sir B. Neven-Spenceasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will state, with respect to Scotland, the number of building sites approved; the number of layouts received, and the number approved; the contracts let for site preparation; the number of sites serviced; the number of sites in course of being serviced; and the number of sites on which work has not yet begun, in respect of permanent houses, distinguishing between traditional types and prefabricated types, as at 31st December, 1945.
§ Mr. BuchananFor permanent houses the figures are as follows: 142,964, 56,054, 42,536, 36,188, 16,940, 11,728 and 7,520 respectively. It is not possible to give separate figures for traditional and pre fabricated permanent houses. The corresponding figures for temporary houses are 24,075, 19,016, 18,098, 16,104, 8,948, 5,963 and 1,193 respectively
§ Colonel J. R. H. Hutchisonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland the number of tenders for permanent houses in Scotland, distinguishing between traditional and prefabricated types, approved as at 31st December, 1945; and how many of these were in the landward areas.
§ Mr. BuchananAt 31st December, tenders for 11,927 permanent houses had been approved of which 2,075 were in respect of prefabricated types. The figures for landward areas were 1,962 and 392 respectively.