§ Mr. Buchanan-Smithasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total expenditure in each of the past five years in respect of discretionary house improvement grants and of standard house improvement grants.
§ Mr. RossThe total amounts of discretionary grants approved and of standard grants paid by local authorities in Scotland were as follows:
Year Discretionary Grants Standard Grants £ £ 1964 776,730 164,610 1965 842,833 148,492 1966 972,529 194,808 1967 902,223 181,618 1968 930,851 216,180 I regret that information about amounts paid in discretionary grants is not available.
§ Mr. Buchanan-Smithasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the average standard grant paid per house in each of the past five years in respect of house improvements.
§ Mr. RossThe average amounts per house of standard grants paid by local authorities were:
Year Average grant £ 1964 126 1965 140 1966 157 1967 167 1968 165
§ Mr. Buchanan-Smithasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the average discretionary grant paid per house in each of the past five years in respect of house improvements.
§ Mr. RossThe average amounts per house of discretionary grants approved by local authorities were:42W
Year Average grant £ 1964 309 1965 356 1966 371 1967 374 1968 393 I regret that information about amounts paid is not available.
§ Mr. Buchanan-Smithasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the estimated average cost per house in each of the past five years of improvements to houses which were assisted by discretionary grants and by standard grants.
§ Mr. RossInformation is available centrally about the sum of the grants, but not about the total sum spent on grant-aided improvements.