§ Mr. Chichester-Clarkasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what proportion of new building in Scotland in 1965–66, 1966–67 and 1967–68 which was carried out by industrialised methods was sponsored by local authorities acting in consortia; whether he will list the consortia concerned; and what proportion was carried out by contractors offering their own private systems on a package deal basis.
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§ Mr. RossOf houses in public sector tenders approved by my Department for building by industrialised methods, 3 per cent. in 1965, 2½ per cent. in 1966, 8½ per cent. in 1967 and 9½ per cent. in 1968 were within joint programmes. All were arranged by members of the Scottish Local Authorities Special Housing Group.
Of these joint programmes, contracts relating to 18 per cent. of the houses were on a "package deal" basis. I regret that information is not readily available about the proportion of all industrialised house building carried out on this basis.