Insulation Grants

HC Deb 11 December 1978 vol 960 cc53-5W

Mr. Gordon Wilson

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has received representations from local authorities which have exhausted their allocations of money for insulation grants for the scheme up to 31st March 1977 has since been resold; what were the receipts in each case; and how they compare with the £181,750 expenditure costs for acquisition.

Mr. McElhone:

The figure of 1.14 acres was provisional and has now been confirmed at 1.02 acres. Of this 0.89 acres is in Strathclyde region and represents a single site which has now been leased. It is not appropriate, for reasons of commercial confidentiality, to give details of individual transactions. The remaining 0.13 acre site in Grampian region has not yet been disposed of.

Mr. Michael Latham

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is now in a position to set out in tabular form, for each region, how many of the 65.40 acres of industrial land which were acquired under the community land scheme up to 31st March 1977 have since been resold; what were the total receipts; and how they compare with the £245,282 expenditure costs for acquisition.

Mr. McElhone:

Up to 31st March 1978 none of the 65.40 acres of land acquired for industry had been leased or sold. Details of disposals since 31st March 1978 will not be available until community land accounts for 1978–79 have been received.

Mr. Michael Latham

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will bring up to date the information regarding circulars, letters, publicity booklets. orders, regulations, including joint orders, and directions under the Community Land Act last given in a Written Answer by the Under-Secretary of State, Official Report, 12th July, columns 569–70.

Mr. McElhone:

The information is as follows:

current year; and if any additional sums have been made available under the scheme.

Mr. Hugh D. Brown:

I have received no representations in this sense in regard to the homes insulation scheme for the private sector. Eight authorities have so far said they could use additional resources for insulating their own houses and I expect to be able to make these resources available shortly.