§ Mr. Canavanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will list the amount of capital housing allocations unspent by each of the following district councils for each financial year since local government reorganisation: (a) Stirling, 794W (b) Falkirk, (c) Cumbernauld and Kilsyth and (d) Strhkelvin.
§ Mr. Hugh D. BrownThe only capital allocations in these years were for council house modernisation, environmental improvements and capitalised repairs and for local authority lending. The value of "start" approvals for modernisation, and so on, and the amounts underspent or overspent against the lending allocations were as in the following table.
LOCAL AUTHORITY LENDING FOR HOUSE PURCHASE AND IMPROVEMENT District Councill Year Allocation £ Amount underspent (overspent) £ Stirling 1975–76 72,000 (66,000) 1976–77 50,000 27,000 1977–78 100,000 25,000* Falkirk 1975–76 100,000 8,000 1976–77 132,000 Nil 1977–78 200,000 50,000* Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 1975–76 20,000 16,000 1976–77 25,000 Nil 1977–78 35,000 Nil* Strathkelvin 1975–76 237,000 (10,000) 1976–77 262,000 Nil 1977–78 450,000 40,000* * Estimated.
MODERNISATION ETC. District Councill Year Allocation £m. Available resources not taken up £m. Stirling 1975–76 1.100 0.404 1976–77 1.032 0.362 1977–78 2.640* Nil (at 22.3.78) Falkirk 1975–76 2.600 1.345 1976–77 3.500 2.927 1977–78 2.410 0.750 (at 22.3.78) Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 1975–76 0.299* Nil 1976–77 0.412 0.001 1977–78 0.200 0.135 (at 22.3.78) Strathkelvin 1975–76 1.002* 0.051 1976–77 1.449* Nil 1977–78 1.000* 0.889 (at 22.3.78) * Original allocation increased during financial year.