§ Mr. Robin F. Cookasked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what was the total number of houses acquired by local authorities in Scotland which were included in council house improvement schemes approved in 1976; and what was the local cost of acquisition;
(2) how many houses acquired by each authority in Scotland were included in council house improvement schemes 22W approved in 1976–77; and in each case how many were estimated to be below the tolerable standard.
§ Mr. Hugh D. Brown1,915 houses, acquired at a cost of £0.654 million were included in council house schemes approved in 1976–77.
Details of the number acquired by each authority and the estimated number of these which were below the tolerable standard are as follows:
No. of houses Nos. estimated to be below the of tolerable standard Highland Region Lochaber 8 8 Inverness 5 5 Grampian Region Moray 11 11 Banff and Buchan 42 Nil City of Aberdeen 86 86 Tayside Region Angus 118 118 Perth and Kinross 51 51 Fife Region North East Fife 4 4 Lothian Region City of Edinburgh 66 66 Central Region Clackmannan 6 6 Borders Region Ettrick and Lauderdale 20 20 Strathclyde Region Argyll and Bute 18 18 City of Glasgow 1,293 1,208 Lanark 33 33 Renfrew 3 3 Inverclyde 101 101 Cunninghame 2 2 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 3 3 Kyle and Carrick 8 3 Dumfries and Galloway Region Wigtown 2 2 Stewartry 1 1 Nithsdale 12 12 Annandale and Eskdale 9 3 Orkney 13 13 Grand total 1,915 1,777