§ Mr. Robin F. Cookasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many private houses have been acquired by local councils in each year since 1970 for purposes other than demolition; how many of these were previously rented from private landlords; and what is the average cost of acquisition at the latest available date.
§ Mr. William RossInformation is not available about the number of houses acquired by local authorities each year for improvement, and the number of acquired houses previously rented from private landlords. The following table shows the number of houses acquired by local authorities which were included in house improvement schemes approved in the years in question, and the numbers of new houses acquired from private builders:
Year Number of acquired houses included in house improvement schemes approved Number of new houses acquired from private builders 1970 1,034 — 1971 1,528 — 1972 918 — 1973 483 — 1974 948 79 1975 862 72
The average costs of acquisition were: Acquired houses included in improvement schemes approved in the first half of 1975–76 £583 New houses acquired in the first half of 1975–76 £11,300
§ Mr. Robin F. Cookasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is current number and proportion of unimproved 559W pre-1945 council houses in each district and island authority in Scotland.
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(a) (b) (c) Local Authority Number of houses between 1919 and 1944 and unimproved (b) as a proportion of unimproved Council houses built between 1919 and 1944 (all Scotland) Percentage Highland Region Caithness … … … 800* 0.52 Sutherland … … … 178* 0.12 Ross and Cromarty … … … 101 0.07 Skye and Lochalsh … … … 31 0.02 Lochaber … … … 253 0.16 Inverness … … … 1,369 0.89 Badenoch and Strathspey … … … 138 0.09 Nairn … … … 205 0.13 Total … … … 3,075 2.00 Grampian Region Moray … … … 1,117* 0.72 Banff and Buchan … … … 1,207* 0.78 Gordon … … … 1,051* 0.68 City of Aberdeen … … … 4,277* 2.77 Kincardine and Deeside … … … 304 0.20 Total … … … 7,956 5.15 Tayside Region Angus … … … 1,207 0.78 City of Dundee … … … 5,683 3.68 Perth and Kinross … … … 503 0.33 Total … … … 7,393 4.79 Fife Region Kircaldy … … … 5,112 3.31 North East Fife … … … 1,057* 0.69 Dunfermline … … … 1,917* 1.24 Total … … … 8,086 5.24 Lothian Region West Lothian … … … 1,403 0.91 City of Edinburgh … … … 8,427* 5.46 Midlothian … … … 592* 0.38 East Lothian … … … 3,209* 2.08 Total … … … 13,631 8.83 Central Region Clackmannan … … … 1,497 0.97 Stirling … … … 3,053* 1.98 Falkirk … … … 9,846 6.38 Total … … … 14,396 9.33 Borders Region Tweeddale … … … 68 0.04 Ettrick and Lauderdale … … … 302 0.20 Roxburgh … … … 1,134 0.73 Berwickshire … … … 298* 0.19 Total … … … 1,802 1.16
§ Mr. William RossThe available information is as follows:
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(a) (b) (c) Local Authority Number of houses between 1919 and 1944 and unimproved (b) as a proportion of unimproved Council houses built between 1919 and 1944 (all Scotland) Percentage Strathclyde Region Argyll … … … 564* 0.37 Dumbarton … … … 94 0.06 City of Glasgow … … … 46,407 30.07 Clydebank … … … 746* 0.48 Bearsden and Milngavie … … … 382* 0.25 Strathkelvin … … … 1,382 0.90 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth … … … 272 0.17 Monklands … … … 6,878* 4.46 Montherwell … … … 9,185 5.95 Hamilton … … … 4,849* 3.14 East Kilbride … … … 332 0.27 Eastwood … … … 551* 0.36 Lanark … … … 2,113 1.37 Renfrew … … … 10,913* 7.07 Inverclyde … … … 1,918 1.24 Cunninghame … … … 2,662* 1.72 Kilmarnock and Loudoun … … … 2,673* 1.73 Kyle and Carrick … … … 2,684* 1.74 Cumnock and Doon Valley … … … Nil* Nil Total … … … 94,605 61.31 Dumfries and Galloway Region Wigtown … … … 104 0.07 Stewarty … … … 191 0.12 Nithsdale … … … 2,003* 1.30 Annadale and Eskadale … … … 464* 0.30 Total … … … 2,762 1.79 Island Authorities Orkney Island Area … … … 137* 0.09 Shetland Islands Area … … … 450* 0.029 Western Isles Islands Area … … … 23* 0.02 Total … … … 610 0.4 Grand Toal … … … 154,316 100.0 *Estimated.
§ Mr. Robin F. Cookasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the number of council houses included in, and the estimated cost of, local authority improvement schemes in each district and island authority, or the authorities that they
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Local authority Number of council houses in improvement schemes approved fro work start in 1974–75 Total cost at approval stage Number of council houses in improvement schemes approved for work start from 1st April 1975 t 31st January 1976 Total cost at approval stage Number of council house in improvement schemes approved in principle from 1st April 1975 to 31st January 1976* Total estimated cost at approval stage £ £ £ HIGHLAND REGION Caithness … 22 42,530 148 158,117 — — Sutherland … 32 7,071 — — 1 4,000 Ross and Cromarty … 12 29,245 — — 50 133,480 Skye and Lochalsh … — — — — — — Lochaber … 55 19,426 100 26,304 192 135,670 succeeded in 1974–75, and the number and amount that has been approved for each authority so far this financial year.
§ Mr. William RossThe following is the information requested:
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Local authority Number of council houses in improvement schemes approved for work start in 1974–75 Total cost at approval stage Number of council houses in improvement schemes approved for work start from 1st April 1975 to 31st January 1976 Total cost at approval stage Number of council houses in improvement schemes approved in principle from 1st April 1975 to 31st January 1976* Total estimated cost at approval stage £ £ £ Inverness … 30 29,296 — — 152 369,375 Badenoch and Strathspey … — — — — — — Nairn … 19 61,866 — — 33 129,819 TOTAL … 170 189,434 408 184,421 428 77,234 GRAMPIAN REGION Moray … 39 276,752 50 22,612 69 236,004 Banff and Buchan … 795 392,593 689 335,627 58 125,000 Gordon … 61 101,054 — — 18 69,520 City of Aberdeen … 2,632 1,709,621 600 931,526 2,551 629,793 Kincardine and Deeside … 39 44,087 292 99,766 191 197,896 TOTAL … 3,566 2,524,107 1,631 1,389,531 2,887 1,258,213 TAYSIDE REGION Angus … 542 470,340 48 76,488 520 681,493 City of Dundee … 1,335 2,018,380 64 162,560 3,118 1,107,639 Perth and Kinross … 1,079 219,400 2 9,034 4 30,500 TOTAL … 2,956 2,708,120 114 248,082 3,642 1,819,632 FIFE REGION Kirkcaldy … 2,309 1,781,699 319 483,400 672 1,756,337 North East Fife … 371 340,262 43 50,135 594 353,500 Dunfermline … 2,316 997,781 353 561,396 68 204,000[...] TOTAL … 4,996 3,119,742 715 1,094,931 1,334 2,313,837 LOTHIAN REGION West Lothian … 1,353 3,625,361 53 226,206 — — City of Edinburgh … 3,519 4,222,539 720 1,965,915 932 2,774,000 Midlothian … 55 224,069 — — 284 1,188,800 East Lothian … 582 1,484,908 7 26,370 296 1,239,198 TOTAL … 5,509 9,556,877 780 2,218,491 1,512 5,201,998 CENTRAL REGION Clackmannan … 469 492,612 — — — — Stirling … 873 536,947 — — — — Falkirk … 953 3,020,998 129 351,640 176 820,860 TOTAL … 2,295 4,050,557 129 351,640 176 820,860 BORDERS REGION Tweedale … — — — — 16 68,720 Ettrick and Lauderdale … 63 114,520 27 42,980 29 79,335 Roxburgh … 287 190,074 44 15,452 62 239,886 Berwickshire … 59 150,761 36 103,727 114 403,639 TOTAL … 409 455,355 107 162,159 221 791,580
Local authority Number of council houses in improvement schemes approved for work start in 1974–75 Total cost at approval stage Number of council houses in improvement schemes approved for work start from 1st April 1975 to 31st January 1976 Total cost at approval stage Number of council houses in improvement schemes approved for work state from 1st April 1975 to 31st January 1976* Total estimated cost at approval stage £ £ £ STRATHCLYDE REGION Argyll and Bute … — — — — — — Dumbarton … — — — — 12 13,028 City of Glasgow … 4,058 17,391,470 2,631 14,792,247 2,592 18,750,000 Clydebank … 1,396 3,642,119 152 397,166 2,684 1,767,846 Bearsden and Milngavie … — — — — — — Strathkelvin … 129 241,157 — — 551 1,039,940 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 64 95,909 — — 84 125,000 Monklands … 2,848 465,261 292 1,189,784 318 1,858,968 Motherwell … 451 1,010,689 — — 702 2,565,452 Hamilton … 650 1,367,898 1,022 2,802,468 — — East Kilbride … 98 267,018 — — 98 289,860 Eastwood … 176 241,640 — — — — Lanark … 405 943,249 — — 457 893,232 Renfrew … 4,151 740,523 920 343,734 785 2,219,120 Inverclyde … 557 850,720 676 989,225 — — Cunninghame … 2,419 2,677,224 746 677,933 673 2,031,996 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 1,487 1,160,747 719 1,595,410 204 332,411 Kyle and Carrick … 1,014 545,427 426 454,996 190 452,673 Cumnock and Doon Valley 2,157 1,558,673 1,353 1,246,508 229 227,915 TOTAL … 22,060 32,982,248 8,937 24,489,471 9,579 32,567,441 DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY Wigtown … — — 36 1,924 206 160,400 Stewartry … — — — — 44 32,700 Nithsdale … 44 80,156 5 26,533 76 28,120 Annandale and Eskdale … 37 101,112 19 64,192 145 1,181,325 TOTAL … 81 181,268 60 92,649 471 1,402,545 Orkney Islands Area … — — — — 45 189,000 Shetland Islands Area … 78 19,032 — — — — Western Isles Islands Area — — 2 22,100 47 200,702 GRAND TOTAL … 42,120 55,786,740 12,883 30,253,475 20,342 47,338,152 * In addition to the numbers approved for work start.