HC Deb 23 February 1971 vol 812 cc126-7W
Mr. Sillars

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total number of local authority houses built in Scotland in the years 1962 to 1970; and if he will give a breakdown of the figures showing the number of two-apartment, three-apartment, four-apartment, and five-apartment houses.

Mr. Gordon Campbell

The only readily available analysis of public sector houses by number of apartments relates t htop ea—p—

to the approval stage. Figures for the years 1962 to 1970 are in the table below.

Numbers of houses completed in each year from 1962 to 1969 are given in Table 1 of the Housing Return for Scotland, 30th September, 1970. In 1970, 29,456 houses were completed by local authorities, 2,790 by New Town Development Corporations, and 3,525 by the Scottish Special Housing Association.

scheme for teachers; and if he will state the number of people recruited through this scheme in 1970, placing them in the categories married male, single male, married woman, widow, and single woman.

Mr. Gordon Campbell

The special recruitment scheme continues to make a valuable contribution to the supply of teachers. The table below shows the number of men and of single and married women who began courses at universities, central institutions and colleges of education and courses of preliminary study under the scheme in the present academic year; the satistics do not distinguish between married and single men, or between single women and widows.

Men Single Women Married Women Total
570 266 629 1,465

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