§ Mr. MacCormickasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many de-crofting schemes (a) in Argyll and (b) in Scotland have been carried out under the aegis of the Crofting Commission since its inception.
§ Mr. Hugh D. BrownFrom 1955 to June 1976, the de-crofting was vested in the Secretary of State. The responsibility was transferred to the Crofters Commission on 10th June 1976 under the Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 1976. Since 1955, 69 whole crofts in Argyll, out of a total of 551 within the crofting counties, have been removed from crofting tenure 405W by direction of the Secretary of State or the Crofters Commission.
§ Mr. MacCormickasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many landholdings other than crofts (a) in Argyll and (b) in Scotland have been amalgamated in order to create larger units since 1945.
§ Mr. Hugh D. BrownThis information is not available from my Department's records.
DRAFT HOUSING ACTION AREA RESOLUTIONS AS AT 30TH JUNE 1978 Number of draft Resolutions Number of Houses Local authority Demolition Improvement Demolition and improvement Total To be demolished To be improved Total Grampian Gordon … … — 1 — 1 — 12 12 Aberdeen … … — 7 1 8 26 176 202 Banff & Buchan … — 5 — 5 — 81 81 Tayside Angus … … … — 13 1 14 6 283 289 Dundee … … 1 5 5 11 274 730 1,004 Perth & Kinross … 2 16 1 19 35 141 176 Fife Kirkcaldy … … — 9 1 10 23 425 448 Dunfermline … … — 1 1 2 5 69 74 Lothian West Lothian … — 1 1 2 22 67 89 Edinburgh … … 5 33 3 41 910 3,670 4,580 East Lothian … … — 7 — 7 — 66 66 Midlothian … … — 2 — 2 — 116 116 Central Clackmannan … — 5 1 6 3 72 75 Stirling … … — 11 2 13 8 179 187 Falkirk … … 1 6 1 8 16 259 275 Strathclyde Dumbarton … … 1 1 — 2 26 33 59 Glasgow … … 101 86 1 188 3,986 9,625 13,611 Strathkelvin … … 1 1 — 2 3 10 13 Monklands … … — 1 — 1 — 102 102 Hamilton … … 5 — — 5 118 — 118 Eastwood … … — 2 — 2 — 16 16 Lanark … … — — 1 1 25 15 40 Renfrew … … 1 3 — 4 18 43 61 Inverclyde … … — 5 — 5 — 269 269 Cunninghame … 8 2 — 10 132 48 180 Kyle & Carrick … — 7 — 7 — 96 96 East Kilbride … … — 1 — 1 — 10 10 Clydebank … … — — 1 1 110 782 892 Motherwell … … — 2 — 2 — 89 89 Argyll … … … — 1 — 1 — 9 9 Dumfries & Galloway Annandale & Eskdale — 1 — 1 — 20 20 Nithsdale … … — 1 — 1 — 10 10 Western Isles Islands Area … … — 32 — 32 — 329 329 Total … … 126 268 21 415 5,746 17,852 23,598