Mr. Edward M. Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many applications have been made for option mortgages in Scotland; and how many of these applications have been approved.
§ Mr. RossThe reply given yesterday by my right hon. Friend the Minister of Housing and Local Government to a similar Question by the hon. Member refers to Great Britain as a whole.
Under the arrangements made for operating the scheme my Department will be responsible for the option mortgage subsidy only where a loan is made by a Scottish-based institution, and the information requested by the hon. Member could not be extracted without undue labour.—[Vol. 751, c. 391–2.]