§ Mr· Strangasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many (a) local authority and (b) private houses were completed in the city of Edinburgh housing authority area for each of the past five years.
§ Mr· RifkindThe following table shows the information requested.
Houses completed Year Local Private sector authority 1977 167 1012 1978 84 1563 1979 199 1882 1980 — 1217 1981 117 — Statistics of private sector house building in Edinburgh for 1981 are not at present available.