HC Deb 23 March 1976 vol 908 c162W
Mr. Welsh

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give figures showing the number and percentage of council houses being modernised, repaired or converted in each year over the past five years.

Mr. William Ross

Information is not available in the form requested, but the following table shows the numbers of local authority houses in respect of which improvement proposals, including associated repair work and conversions, were approved, and those numbers as a percentage of all local authority houses.

LOCAL AUTHORITY HOUSES IN SCOTLAND
Number of houses for which improvement proposals approved As percentage of all houses
1971 24,859 3.1
1972 27,375 3.4
1973 65,655 8.0
1974 37,901 8.0
1975 20,036* 2.3*
* Provisional: returns for local authorities incomplete.

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