§ Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many new houses, public and private respectively, he expects to be completed in 1971 ; how many were started in the second quarter of the year ; and what were the comparable figures in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellTo 30th September, 28,110 houses had been completed this year, 20,804 in the public sector and 7,306 for private owners. I am not prepared to forecast how many may be completed in the last quarter.
In the second quarter 10,252 houses were started, 7,130 in the public sector and 3.122 for private owners. The figures for each of the past five years are published in the last Housing Return for Scotland.