§ 67. Mr. W Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table showing the total amount of local authority housing space provided, in terms of apartments, in each year since 1948.
§ Mr. NobleThe information is not readily available in relation to the number of houses completed each year or to the period prior to 1951. However, the following table shows the estimated total number of apartments in houses tendered for by public authorities in each year since 1951:
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§ Mr. W. Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what proportion of houses built in Scotland in each of the last 12 years was built by local authorities and for private ownership, respectively.
§ Mr. NobleThe proportions, expressed as percentages, of the total numbers of houses completed in Scotland by local authorities, for private owners and by other agencies in each of the last 12 years are as follows:
— Local Authorities Private Owners Other Agencies per cent. per cent. per cent. 1952 72.4 7.2 20.4 1953 75.1 6.1 18.8 1954 76.6 6.7 16.7 1955 71.1 10.3 18.6 1956 69.2 14.3 16.5 1957 74.7 10.8 14.5 1958 70.3 12.6 17.1 1959 68.4 15.5 16.1 1960 62.7 22.8 14.5 1961 61.8 26.2 12.0 1962 60.7 29.1 10.2 1963 62.7 23.5 13.8
Year Public Authorities Private Owners Local Authorities S.S.H.A. New Town Corporations Aggregate 1951 … … 100 100 100 100 100 1952 … … 125 163 404 132 196 1953 … … 165 171 1,097 171 209 1954 … … 166 142 1,222 168 228 1955 … … 135 129 1,103 139 308 1956 … … 123 108 894 125 400 1957 … … 135 108 793 135 307 1958 … … 126 113 1,228 130 355 1959 … … 104 86 1,293 108 370 1960 … … 100 71 1,266 102 570 1961 … … 94 50 1,054 93 624 1962 … … 90 33 1,313 89 680 1963 … … 98 62 1,374 101 578