§ Mr. Dewarasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the district councils which received additional capital allocations in 1983–84 to help with dampness problems in their housing stock and give the sum allocated in each case; and which of these districts had their housing revenue account capital allocation reduced—in that year —because they did not meet his rate fund contribution guidelines; and by what amount in each case.
§ Mr. AncramBecause of the buoyant receipts from council house sales, my right hon. Friend was able to authorise on 30 March additional consents on the housing revenue account (HRA) block totalling 18.4 million to 22 authorities for work related to condensation and dampness. At the same time he confirmed to 16 of these 22 authorities that, in accordance with arrangements previously notified to them, the consequence of their decisions to set a rate fund contribution above a certain level was a related reduction in their capital allocation in the HRA block. The information is set out in the following table:
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£ million Authority Addition Reduction Ettrick and Lauderdale 0.050 — Roxburgh 0.300 —
Authority Addition Reduction Clackmannan 0.100 0.029 Falkirk 1.400 0.487 Stirling 0.080 0.757 Nithsdale 0.300 — Stewartry 0.032 — Wigtown 0.200 — Dunfermline 0.100 0.545 Aberdeen 0.500 1.262 Edinburgh 0.300 2.168 West Lothian 0.300 0.161 Clydebank 0.750 0.135 Glasgow 5.000 — Hamilton 0.100 0.445 Inverclyde 0.100 0.744 Kyle and Carrick 0.400 0.180 Monklands 0.100 0.657 Motherwell 0.100 1.444 Renfrew 0.500 1.226 Angus 0.100 0.360 Dundee 0.610 0.876