HC Deb 28 October 1970 vol 805 cc149-50W
Mr. Douglas

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish figures for the cost of building local authority houses in Scotland, the average for Scotland and the range.

Mr. Gordon Campbell

Figures from 1961 to the latest available date for the cost of construction of local authority houses of 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 apartments, and for all local authority dwellings, are given in Table 22 of Housing Statistics, Great Britain, published for the Housing Departments quarterly by H.M. Stationery Office.

Mr. Gregor Mackenzie

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the action he proposes to take on the report submitted to him on the cost of private housebuilding in Scotland.

Mr. Gordon Campbell

The report was published in August. It has implications for many bodies and interests concerned with house-building, and I will consider further action in the light of their reactions to it.