§ Mr. Hendryasked the Secretary of State for Scotland which local authorities in Scotland had submitted to him before 1st November, 1961, proposals for the provision of new houses which were not approved until after that date; what is the number of new houses involved in each case; whether these proposals were regarded as proposals for the purposes of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1962; and to what extent the amount of Exchequer subsidy was affected in each case.
§ Mr. NobleTenders for the erection of 1,345 houses by 20 local authorities in Scotland, as shown in the table below, were submitted before 1st November, 1962, and not approved until after that date. These houses attracted subsidy under the Housing and Town Development (Scotland) Act, 1957. Tentative suggestions, or plans at various stages of evolution, for housing schemes from a considerable number of other authorities were also before me at that date. On the subsequent receipt of tenders these qualify for subsidy under the Housing (Scotland) Act, 1962, which may be at a higher or a lower rate than that payable under the 1957 Act, but full particulars cannot be compiled without detailed scrutiny of a large number of files.
Authority No. of Houses Burghs Ardrossan … … … 35 Clydebank … … … 46 Dumfries … … … 72 Dundee … … … 78 Hamilton … … … 35 Johnstone … … … 13 Kilsyth … … … 17 Kirkcaldy … … … 10 Kirkwall … … … 4 Moffat … … … 4 Motherwell … … … 109 Stevenston … … … 25 Stirling … … … 257 Counties Argyll … … … 20 Ayr … … … 2 Clackmannan … … … 9 Dumfries … … … 24 Dunbarton … … … 457 Kirkcudbright … … … 16 Stirling … … … 112