HC Deb 25 July 1977 vol 936 cc22-5W
Mr. Robin F. Cook

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many (a) standard grants, (b) conversion grants, and (c) improvement grants were approved for owner-occupied and other houses, respectively, in each authority in Scotland in 1976–77.

Discretionary Grants Standard Grants
Conversion Improvement
Region Authority Owner-occupied Other Owner-occupied Other Total Owner-occupied Other Total
Highland
Caithness 4 1 81 13 99 —.
Sutherland 22 3 25 5 3 8
Ross & Cromarty 7 113 120 2 2
Skye & Lochalsh 23 2 25 5 5
Lochaber 9 5 14 3 3
Inverness 5 2 36 3 46 1 1
Badenoch & Strathspey 6 6 1 1
Nairn 1 7 8 6 6
Grampian
Moray 2 1 132 18 153
Banff & Buchan 40 25 207 39 311 6 6
Gordon 5 5 80 39 129 13 7 20
City of Aberdeen 28 20 268 209 525 3 5 8
Kincardine & Deeside 2 4 59 18 83 9 2 11
Tayside
Angus 30 16 113 51 210 13 1 14
City of Dundee 1 40 381 422 2 2
Perth & Kinross 21 18 138 133 310 6 2 8
Fife
Kirkcaldy 7 2 61 6 76 5 1 6
North East Fife 10 7 54 29 100 2 2
Dumfermline 9 2 81 35 127 2 2
Lothian
West Lothian 15 1 90 5 111
City of Edinburgh 48 20 1,181 303 1,552
Midlothian 1 1 14 6 22
East Lothian 1 2 92 25 120
Central
Clackmannan 27 20 47 1 1
Stirling 23 95 118 9 9
Falkirk 2 86 88 1 1
Borders
Tweeddale 2 1 5 4 12 5 1 6
Ettrick & Lauderdale 4 3 21 6 34 4 4
Roxburgh 5 1 6 12 2 2
Berwickshire 4 1 12 10 27
Strathclyde
Argyll & Bute 5 100 19 124
Dumbarton 10 12 50 1 73
City of Glasgow 37 115 449 145 746 12 12
Clydebank 3 3
Bearsden & Milngavie 1 6 2 9
Strathkelvin 2 30 32
Cumbernauld & Kilsyth 3 3
Monklands 2 29 31
Motherwell 7 44 51
Hamilton 1 40 41
East Kilbride 24 24 2 2
Eastwood 10 10
Lanark 4 60 64 2 2
Renfrew 8 87 95 42 27 69
Inverclyde 8 42 1 51 11 11
Cunninghame 1 79 80 5 5
Kilmarnock & Loudoun 1 26 27 18 18
Kyle & Carrick 61 12 73
Cumnock & Doon Valley 1 12 1 14 1 1

Mr. Hugh D. Brown

The information is as follows:

Discretionary Grants Standard Grants
Conversion Improvement
Region Authority Owner-occupied Other Owner-Occupied Other Total Owner-occupied Other Total
Dumfries & Galloway
Wigtown 3 1 20 13 37 5 5
Stewartry 1 1 25 12 39
Nithsdale 4 7 70 22 103 1 1 2
Annandale & Eskdale 2 45 16 63
Orkney Islands Area 1 4 95 100 19 19
Shetland Islands Area 1 3 31 35 4 4
Western Isles Islands Area 1 64 78 143 3 5 8
Grand total 376 278 4,655 1,691 7,000 233 56 289