§ 57. Mr. Youngerasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his latest estimate of the percentage increase in the costs of housebuilding from 1965 until the latest convenient date; and if he will make a statement.
§ Dr. Dickson MabonThe average cost of building a 4-apartment house in the public sector in 1965 was about £3,600 and in 1968 about £4,400. These figures include land, site development and servicing, and fees.
§ Mr. Buchanan-Smithasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what recent estimate he has made of the effect on the housing programme of the increase in building costs.
§ Mr. RossIt is impossible to isolate the effect of a single factor, but the amount of house building now in progress suggests that increases of cost have not adversely affected the public programme.
§ Mr. Buchanan-Smithasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will now publish an interim report on Professor Sidwell's study of house building costs which he commissioned.