§ Mr. Dempseyasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish figures showing the number of local authorities which had no houses under construction at the latest convenient date and the number of applicants for houses on the waiting list of each authority, respectively.
§ Mr. MaclayAt 30th September last, 84 housing authorities in Scotland had no houses under construction. I understand that, of these, 16 had tenders approved for further building and 29 were expected to resume building fairly soon. I have no information about waiting lists, which, in any event, are not a reliable measure of housing needs.