HC Deb 01 February 1972 vol 830 cc82-5W
Mr. Sillars

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish figures showing the number of houses built, by respective agencies, in each planning region of Scotland in 1971; and if he will

HOUSES COMPLETED
Region 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971
1. West Central:—
Local Authorities 11,549 11,885 12,820 12,223 10,954
New Towns 1,598 1,226 1,277 1,674 1,424
Scottish Special Housing Association 1,586 956 1,276 1,512 2,193
Government Departments and Housing Associations 304 724 101 93 242
Private Sector 2,713 3,145 3,557 3,187 4,827
Total 17,750 17,936 19,031 18,689 19,640
2. Falkirk and Stirling:—
Local Authorities 1,860 1,652 2,419 1,503 949
New Towns 517 840 811
Scottish Special Housing Association 24 128 44 37 94
Government Departments and Housing Associations 46 65 10 47 31
Private Sector 596 787 612 643 799
Total 3,043 3,472 3,896 2,230 1,873
3. East Central:—
Local Authorities 5,644 4,188 4,596 5,015 3,719
New Towns 1,826 1,141 1,568 1,116 970
Scottish Special Housing Association 182 568 959 1,398 544
Government Departments and Housing Associations 286 348 49 347 125
Private Sector 1,665 1,780 1,639 1,651 2,744
Total 9,603 8,025 8,811 9,527 8,102
4. Tayside:—
Local Authorities 3,037 4,020 2,655 4,624 3,595
New Towns
Scottish Special Housing Association 300 7 121
Government Departments and Housing Associations 25 24 93 1 4
Private Sector 865 989 864 899 1,296
Total 3,927 5,333 3,619 5,645 4,895
5. Borders:—
Local Authorities 640 507 436 587 328
New Towns
Scottish Special Housing Association 152 71 223 215 86
Government Departments and Housing Associations 3 8 6 1 4
Private Sector 160 130 113 129 120
Total 955 716 778 932 538
6. South West:—
Local Authorities 423 381 507 402 599
New Towns
Scottish Special Housing Association 33 17
Government Departments and Housing Associations 3 5 3 29 9
Private Sector 245 275 240 341 362
Total 704 678 750 772 970

show how these compare with the previous Housing Completions six years.

Mr. Gordon Campbell

The following table gives numbers of house completions, by planing region and by agency, for all the years for which figures are readily available.

Region 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971
7. North East:—
Local Authorities 2,717 2,914 2,475 2,239 1,875
New Towns
Scottish Special Housing Association 200 66 141
Government Departments and Housing Associations 23 4 2 12 50
Private Sector 833 1,056 717 714 710
Total 3,573 3,974 3,394 3,031 2,776
8. Highlands and Islands:—
Local Authorities 1,222 1,209 1,589 1,493 1,067
New Towns
Scottish Special Housing Association 212 8 70 176
Government Departments and Housing Associations 48 80 106 16 127
Private Sector 421 558 585 656 756
Total 1,903 1,855 2,350 2,341 1,950
9. Scotland:—
Local Authorities 27,092 26,756 27,497 28,086 23,086
New Towns 3,941 3,207 3,656 2,790 2,394
Scottish Special Housing Association 2,189 2,048 2,779 3,525 3,058
Government Departments and Housing Associations 738 1,258 370 546 592
Private Sector 7,498 8,720 8,327 8,220 11,614
Total 41,458 41,989 42,629 43,167 40,744