HC Deb 21 January 1980 vol 977 cc73-4W
Mr. Ernie Ross

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if the Scottish Development Department or the Scottish Home and Health Department has conducted any investigation into the health and lifestyle of tenants in multi-storey blocks; and if so, what were its conclusions.

Mr. Fairgrieve

No.

Mr. Ernie Ross

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of new housing starts in the public sector in Scotland has been multi-storey flats in each year since 1960.

Mr. Rifkind

The following is the available information. Yearly figures for 1960, 1961 and 1962 are covered in the period 1951–62 figure.

Period Percentage of multi-storey flats
1951–1962 3
1963 21
1964 27
1965 29
1966 25
1967 24
1968 10
1969 14
1970 1
1971 6
1972 12
1973 5
1974 3

TABLE 3A
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE ON HOUSING IN SCOTLAND
£ million at 1979 prices
1970–71 1971–72 1972–73
Capital expenditure … … … … … 507 402 345
Total subsidies … … … … … … 241 228 260
Total public expenditure (including administration) … 750 632 609
£ million at 1979 prices
1973–74 1974–75 1975–76*
Capital expenditure … … … … … 361 406 410
Total subsidies … … … … … … 334 340 327
Total public expenditure (including administration) … 700 752 742
£ million at 1979 prices
1976–77* 1977–78* 1978–79*
Capital expenditure … … … … … 375 343 314
Total subsidies … … … … … … 331 324 335
Total public expenditure (including administration) … 710 671 652
* The figures for 1975–76 onwards are provisional pending publication of local financial return for these years

Period Percentage of multi-storey flats
1975 2
1976 1
1977 1
1978 1
1979 0

Mr. Ernie Ross

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of Scotland's post-1945 public housing stock is in the form of multi-storey blocks; and what are the corresponding percentages for each of the four Scottish cities.

Mr. Rifkind

Scotland 7.8 per cent., Aberdeen 12.5 per cent., Dundee 14.1 per cent., Edinburgh 14.0 per cent. and Glasgow 21.9 per cent.