§ Mr. Dewarasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list (a) the districts which have been designated in Scotland in terms of section 1 of the Inner Urban Areas Act 1978, (b) the total number of loans made in such designated districts in terms of sections 2 and 3 of the same Act in each year since the Act came into force, (c) the number and location of any improvement area in Scotland declared to be such in terms of section 4 of the Act, (d) the total spent in loans and grants under sections 5 and 6 in any such improvement area, and (e) the number and location of any special areas in terms of section 8 of the Act and the total spent in loans and grants under sections 9, 10 and 11 in each year since the Act came into force.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe information requested is as follows:
(a) The districts which have been designated in Scotland in terms of section 1 of the Act are set out in the Inner Urban Areas (Designated Districts) (Scotland) Order 1978 and are as follows: Clydebank, City of Dundee, Dumbarton, City of Glasgow, Hamilton, Inverclyde, Monklands, Motherwell and Renfrew.
(c) Nine improvement areas have been declared. These are:
- (In the City of Dundee District) Blackness;
- (in Monklands District) Coatbridge; and
- (in Inverclyde District)
- Gourock Ropeworks Area, Port Glasgow
- Port Glasgow Road Area, Greenock
- Ratho Street/Macdougall Street Area, Greenock
- Ingliston Street/Baker Street Area, Greenock
- Lynedoch Street/Mearns Street Area, Greenock
- Drumfrochar Road Area, Greenock, and
- Inverkip Street/Nicolson Street Area, Greenock.
(b) and
(d) Comprehensive figures are not held centrally. However, in connection with such expenditure local authorities may seek grant and/or additional borrowing consent from the Scottish Office under the Urban Programme. To date three such approvals have been issued in respect of section 2 loans and three for section 3 grants. In the case of section 5 and 6 loans and grants expenditure up to a total of £135,000 has been the subject of additional borrowing consent.
(e) No special areas have been declared under section 8.