§ Mr. McTaggartasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many dwellings in (a) Glasgow and (b) Scotland were demolished or closed in each of the past five years.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe most recent published figures on dwellings demolished or closed in Scotland are inScottish Housing Statistics No. 18 pages 4 and 5. This publication is available in the House Library. Figures for Glasgow are shown below.
Dwellings demolished or closed Year Number 1978 2,527 1979 2,596 1980 2,671 1981 2,246 1982* 1,613
£ million District Council SSHA Housing Associations Financial Year New Building Modernisation New Building Modernisation New Building Modernisation 1981–82 6.5 46.1 9.8 8.3 6.1 33.8 1980–81 11.2 42.5 13.7 7.6 3.9 27.0 1979–80 9.6 40.4 6.0 8.4 3.1 21.0 1978–79 10.4 34.0 2.9 4.1 1.4 13.0 1977–78 20.2 25.6 3.6 4.2 * * 1977–78 information is not readily available
§ Mr. McTaggartasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many houses in (a) Glasgow and (b) Scotland are below tolerable standard; and what percentage of the total housing stocks of Glasgow and Scotland, respectively, they comprise.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe information requested is set out in the table below, and refers to the position at 31 March 1982.
Glasgow Scotland Estimated number of dwellings below the tolerable standard 22,326 85,000 Percentage of total below the tolerable standard 7.5 4.3
§ Mr. McTaggartasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many units of one-person household accommodation there are in (a) Glasgow and (b) Scotland.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThere is no information available on the number of units designed to accommodate one-person households.
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* January to September only.
§ Mr. McTaggartasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report the percentage of total public expenditure on housing in Scotland which consists of Government subsidies to public sector housing; and if he will publish the percentage for each of the past five years.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe information requested is as follows:
Year per cent. 1977–78 34 1978–79 36 1979–80 38 1980–81 38 1981–82 31
§ Mr. McTaggartasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report in relation to Glasgow district the sums spent under the auspices of Glasgow district council, the Scottish Special Housing Association and housing associations on new building and modernising the housing stock in each of the past five years, expressed at current prices.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe outturn of expenditure by Glasgow district council, the Scottish Special Housing Association and housing associations in relation to Glasgow district on new building and modernisation is set out below:
§ Mr. McTaggartasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what expenditure has been devoted to the housing budget in Scotland in each of the past five years, at current prices.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe figures requested were published in the White Paper, "The Government's Expenditure Plans 1983–84 to 1985–86"—Cmnd. 8789, Vol. II page 76, a copy of which is in the Library.