HC Deb 26 March 1964 vol 692 cc170-1W
Mr. Malcolm MacMillan

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland on how many of the local authority houses completed in the Isle of Lewis in 1952, 1953 and 1954, respectively, building had started by October, 1951, or been approved h y October, 1951, respectively.

Mr. Noble

Of the houses approved at the end of September, 1951, in Lewis but not then completed, 68 were completed in 1952, 38 in 1953, and 29 in 1954. My records do not show how many of these had been started at the end of September, 1951.

Mr. Malcolm MacMillan

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many of the local authority houses built since 1962 in Barra, South Uist, North Uist and Harris, respectively, were built as houses for old people; and how many local authority houses in the Isle of Lewis, on which building began after 1951, are two-apartment houses and/or old people's houses to toughly equivalent space standards.

Mr. Noble

Since the beginning of 1962, six such houses have been completed in South Uist, 14 in North Uist, and four in Harris; while nine have been approved in Barra, five in Benbecula, and a further 12 in Harris. Since the beginning of 1952, 82 have been completed in Lewis (including Stornoway).

Mr. Malcolm MacMillan

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many of the local authority houses completed, started, and approved, respectively, by October, 1951, in each island of the Outer Hebrides were of two, three, four and five apartments, respectively; and how many of the houses approved in each year after 1951 were of two, three, four or five apartments, respectively.

Mr. Noble

I am sending the hon. Member the detailed information for which he has asked, so far as it is available.

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