§ Mr. Robin F. Cookasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what were the number of (1) standard grants, (2) con-
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Standard Grants Conversion Grants Improvement Grants Local Authority Owers-Occupied Others Owers-Occupied Others Owers-Occupied Others Highland Region Caithness … … — — — — 69 9 Sutherland … … 2 1 1 — 22 2 Ross and Cromarty … … 4 — 5 — 65 — Skye and Lochalsh … … 4 — — — 4 — Lochaber … … — — — — 1 — Inverness … … 1 — — 4 15 3 Badenoch and Strathspey … … 1 — — — 45 1 Nairn … … 1 — — — 7 — Total … … 13 1 6 4 228 15 Grampian Region Moray … … 1 2 2 2 54 20 Banff and Buchan … … 1 1 2 — 11 3 Gordon … … 3 — 3 4 46 26 Aberdeen … … 4 4 14 27 251 190 Kincardine and Deeside … … 6 — 2 — 28 10 Total … … 15 7 23 33 390 249 Tayside Region Dundee … … — 1 8 53 41 47 Perth and kinross … … — — — 3 31 24 Angus … … 3 — 10 3 57 18 Total … … 3 1 18 59 129 89 fically for improvement. The following table shows the numbers of acquired houses included in house improvement schemes approved during that period, and the number of new houses acquired from private builders:
version grants and (3) improvement grants approved for owner-occupied and other houses, respectively, in each authority in Scotland in the first half of 1975–76.
§ Mr. William RossThe figures are:
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Standard Grants Conversion Grants Improvement Grants Local Authority Owers-Occupied Others Owers-Occupied Others Owers-Occupied Others Fife Region Kirkcaldy … … 6 1 — — 23 13 Dunfermline … … — — — 1 76 9 Total … … 6 1 — 1 99 22 Lothian Region West Lothian … … 1 — 1 2 32 3 Edinburgh … … 1 — 29 15 1,221 197 Midlothian … … — — 4 — 22 1 East Lothian … … — — — — 13 — Total … … 2 — 34 17 1,288 201 Central Region Clackmannan … … 2 — — — 17 — Stirling … … 7 — 8 — 17 — Falkirk … … — — 9 1 52 — Total … … 9 — 17 1 86 — Borders Region Tweeddale … … 1 — — — 12 2 Ettrick and Lauderdale … … 4 — — 1 19 5 Total … … 5 — — 1 31 7 Strathclyde Region Argyll … … — — — — 25 3 Dumbarton … … — — 5 — 30 — Glasgow … … 13 — 27 24 421 50 Strathkelvin … … 2 — 1 — 34 — Cumbernauld … … 1 — — — 11 2 Motherwell … … — — 1 — 30 1 Hamilton … … 3 — — — 32 — East Kilbride … … — — — — 8 — Eastwood … … — — — — 5 — Lanark … … — — — — — — Renfrew … … 31 3 16 — 59 12 Inverclyde … … 5 — — 2 8 4 Kilmarnock … … 23 — 1 — 6 — Cumnock … … — — 1 — 5 4 Total … … 78 3 52 26 674 76 Dumfries Region Wigtown … … — — 4 9 14 6 Stewartry … … — — 1 — 17 7 Nithsdale … … — — 6 4 29 5 Annandale and Eskdale … … — — 3 — 26 15 Total … … — — 14 13 86 33 Orkney Islands Area … … 11 — 2 — 22 — Shetland Islands Area … … 12 — — — 19 — Western Isles Area … … 1 2 — 1 15 39 Total Islands Area … … 24 2 2 1 56 39 Scotland Total … … 155 15 166 156 3,067 731 The following eight districts did not notify any approvals for standard, conversion or improvement grants to owner-occupiers or others in the period in question:
- N.E. Fife.
- Roxburgh.
- Berwickshire.
- Clydebank.
- Bearsden and Milngavie.
- Monklands.
- Cunninghame.
- Kyle and Carrick.