§ Mr. John Robertsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the numbers of one-, two-, three-and four-apartment houses, respectively, built by Scottish local authorities in
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1964 Local Authority Scottish Special Housing Association New Town Development Corporation Total 1-appartment 2-appartment 1-appartment 2-appartment 1-appartment 2-appartment 1-appartment 2-appartment 1st quarter … … 92 1,584 — 184 4 69 96 1,837 2nd quarter … … 194 623 2 39 5 103 201 765 3rd quarter … … 97 765 — 50 20 20 117 835 4th quarter … … 191 1,803 226 471 — 42 417 2,316 TOTAL … … 574 4,775 228 744 29 234 831 5,753 1951 and in each of the years from 1960 to 1964.
§ Mr. RossThe information is available only relation to tenders approved and is as follows:
1-apt. 2-apt. 3-apt. 4-apt. 1951 (estimated figure) 340 260 13,380 10,350 1960 826 3,066 11,132 3,908 1961 440 2,821 8,111 3,698 1962 950 4,008 12,915 5,171 1963 930 5,475 13,517 4,697 1964 574 4,775 12,143 4,021
§ Mr. John Robertsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what was the average tender price per house for houses built by Scottish local authorities during each of the years from 1959;
(2) what was the average floor area per house of houses built by local authorities in Scotland in each of the years from 1959.
§ Mr. RossThe information is as follows:
Average Floor Area Average Basic Tender Price (Sq. Ft.) £ 1959 723 1,371 1960 728 1,447 1961 721 1,572 1962 734 1,906 1963 724 1,994 1964 (Provisional) 727 2,253 These figures relate to tenders approved for local authority houses excluding multi-storey flats, houses built in remote areas and those built by direct labour.
§ Mr. John Robertsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many one-and two-apartment houses, respectively, were approved by his Department during each of the quarters in 1964.
§ Mr. John Robertsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the average tender price per house and per square foot of floor space, respectively, of houses approved by his Department in multi-storey blocks.
§ Mr. RossThe average basic tender price for flats in multi-storey blocks approved in 1964 was £3,293. The average cost per square foot was £4 19s. 7d.
§ Mr. John Robertsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will now reconstitute the Scottish Housing Advisory Committee which is required to be appointed under Section 143 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1950.
§ Mr. RossYes. I intend to reconstitute the Advisory Committee and I hope soon to make a further announcement about its membership and remit.