HC Deb 23 April 1975 vol 890 cc303-4W
16. Mr. Russell Johnston

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many houses per head of the population have been completed by local authorities and the private sector in areas of the Highlands and north-east Scotland affected by oil-related development, and in Scotland as a whole, as at the most recent available date.

Mr. Hugh D. Brown

In the Highland and north-east counties substantially affected by oil-related developments, 4.5 local authority and 3.8 private houses per 1,000 of population were completed in 1974. The corresponding figures for the whole of Scotland were 2.5 and 2.2 respectively.

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