§ Mr. Youngerasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish the latest figures for the proportion of owner-occupied housing as a percentage of total housing available, and the equivalent figures for 1974 and 1970.
§ Mr. Hugh D. BrownThis information is given annually in a supplementary table of the quarterly publication "Housing and Construction Statistics" which is
Scotland 1977–78 £ million Proportion of Great Britain figure Per cent. Local Employment Act grants—payments 0.1 11.1 Expenditure on land and factory building 22.6 39.9 Selective financial assistance—offers: Loans 2.6 24.8 Grants 16.1 10. 6 Highlands and Islands Development Board: Loans 3.8 Not available Grants 3.1 Not available Regional development grants—payments 105.0 26.7 Regional employment premium—payments 1.5 50.0 Tourism—grants under section 4 of the Development of Tourism Act 1969 1.0 37.0 Loans to small tourist enterprises 0.2 13.3 Small firms employment subsidy 0.7 36.8 Note: Expenditure on land and factory building for Scotland relates to expenditure by the Scottish Development Agency. For Great Britain it includes expenditure under the Local Employment Act and expenditure by the Scottish and Welsh Development Agencies.
§ Mr. Youngerasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if, pursuant to his answer of 24 July 1978, Official Report, column 591, he will give the latest figures for the total regional assistance to
EXPENDITURE ON REGIONAL ASSISTANCE TO INDUSTRY IN SCOTLAND AND IN ENGLAND IN FINANCIAL YEAR 1977–78 Scotland—whole region assisted Assisted areas in England Total gross expenditure—£ million 150.1 270.1 Total number of employees—estimate at mid-1976—millions 21 6.4 Expenditure per employee £72.5 £42.3