§ Mr. Michael Lathamasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether any local authorities have sent him, as required by paragraph 2(1) of schedule 8 to the Community Land Act 1975, copies of resolutions declaring disposal notification areas since 18th November 1977; if so, which were the authorities concerned; what are the names of the areas contained in those resolutions; and from what date or dates the resolutions become operative.
§ Mr. McElhoneGrampian region and Banff and Buchan district council have done so jointly. The Longside airfield, Peterhead disposal notification area resolution became operative on 29th May 1978.
§ Mr. Michael Lathamasked 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 given in Written Answers by the Under-Secretary of State, Official Report, 18th November 1977, columns 421–4 and 423–6, and on 6th February 1978, column 440.
§ Mr. McElhoneThe information is as in the following table:
March 1977 have since been resold; what were the total receipts; and how they compare with the £245,282 expenditure costs for acquisition;
(2) whether he will give details for the Grampian and Strathclyde regions, 571W separately, as to how much of the 1.14 acres of commercial land which they acquired under the community land scheme up to 31st March 1977 have since been resold; what were the receipts in each case; and how they compare with the £181,750 expenditure costs for acquisition.
§ Mr. McElhoneDetails of disposals in 1977–78 and subsequently will not be available until all the relevant community land accounts for the year in question have been received.
§ Mr. Michael Lathamasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will give for each region the figures for staff and administration costs relating to land acquisitions and to the initial setting up of the local authority arrangements for operating the community land scheme in Scotland in 1976–77.
§ Mr. McElhoneThe information is as in the following table:
Staff and Administration Costs 1st April 1976 31st March 1977 Region or Islands Area Amount £ Borders … 3,506 Central … 15,809 Dumfries and Galloway … 8,304 Fife … 16,091 Grampian … 38,153 Highland … 5,794 Lothian … 18,518 Strathclyde … 72,275 Tayside … 12,237 Orkney … 1,110 Shetland … 7,409 Western Isles … 477 Total … 199,683 NOTE. These figures exclude interest payments, which are not allocated among staff, administration and other costs.
§ Mr. Michael Lathamasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will give details of the criteria under which he gave loan sanction to a local authority in the Strathclyde Region to acquire one acre of commercial land under the Community Land Act at a cost of £159,000; where the specific site or sites is or are located; and whether he regards such a price per acre as being a normal and acceptable transaction which he would be prepared to repeat in appropriate cases.
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§ Mr. McElhoneThe criteria used in determining applications to acquire land under the community land scheme are set out in Scottish Development Department circulars, he latest being SDD circular No. 29/1978, dated 12th May 1978. Copies of these circulars are available in the Library. The site in question is in Monklands district. The purchase price was agreed by the district valuer. Future applications for consent under the community land scheme will continue to be judged on their merits in the light of the current criteria.