HC Deb 24 November 1983 vol 49 cc274-7W
Mr. Michael Forsyth

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list, for each housing authority in Scotland, the new towns and the Scottish Special Housing Association (a) the amount they advanced to private borrowers for house purchase, (b) the amount they received in repayments of such borrowing, (c) the amounts they advanced for the purchase of their own houses, (d) the amount they received in repayments of such borrowing and (e) the total outstanding of all such borrowing for house purchase at the year end for the nearest financial year for which the figures are available.

1982–83
1 2 3 4 5
District or Islands Council Gross Lending to Private Persons for House Purchase Receipts from Repayments of Capital on Loans to Private Persons for House Purchase Gross Lending to Tenants for Council House Purchase Receipts from Repayments of Capital on Loans to Tenants for Council House Purchase Total Mortgage Lending Outstanding at 31 March 1983
£ million £ million £ million £ million £ million
Borders Region
Berwickshire 0.031 0.027 0.009 0.025 0.317
Ettrick and Lauderdale Nil 0.017 0.029 Nil 0.202
Roxburgh 0.052 0.115 0.036 Nil 0.635
Tweeddale* 0.009 Nil 0.036 Nil 0.006
Central Region
Clackmannan 0.029 0.066 0.013 0.031 0.583
Falkirk 0.358 0.380 0.960 0.071 l.833
Stirling 0.047 Nil 0.125 Nil 0.784
Dumfries and Galloway Region
Annandale and Eskdale 0.092 0.067 0.196 0.003
Nithsdale 0.002 0.039 0.053 0.016 0.515
Stewartry 0.014 0.016 0.060 0.031 0.502
Wigtown* 0.012 0.031 0.012 0.003 0.388
Fife Region
Dunfermline 0.211 0.270 0.428 0.066 2.217
Kirkcaldy 0.122 0.380 0.363 0.192 3.469
North East Fife* 0.255 0.187 Nil Nil 2.237
Grampian Region
Aberdeen City 0.012 0.456 0.948 0.059 2.118
Banff and Buchan 0.009 0.084 0.075 0.004 0.714
Gordon 0.019 0.061 0.369 0.012 1.185
Kincardine and Deeside 0.008 0.017 0.164 0.010 0.714
Moray 0.070 0.060 0.134 Nil 1.002
Highland Region
Badenoch and Strathspey Nil Nil Nil Nil 0.059
Caithness* 0.047 0.028 0.238 0.008 1.014
Inverness 0.166 0.096 0.306 Nil
Lochaber* 0.003 Nil 0.033 Nil 0.295
Nairn* Nil Nil Nil Nil
Ross and Cromarty* 0.076 0.041 0.049 0.005 0.502
Skye and Lochalsh 0.016 0.007 Nil Nil
Sutherland 0.021 0.045 0.012 0.015 0.018
Lothian
East Lothian 0.314 0.163 0.041 Nil 0.943
Edinburgh City* 4.645 4.487 2.892 0.610 37.547
Midlothian 0.007 0.037 0.048 0.008 0.169
West Lothian 0.184 0.277 0.187 0.082
Strathclyde Region
Argyll and Bute 0.638 0.391 0.179 Nil 3.406
Bearsden and Milngavie* Nil Nil 0.032 0.024 0.050
Clydesbank* 0.004 0.037 0.007 Nil
Clydesdale Nil 0.029 0.006 Nil 0.067
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 0.032 Nil 0.010 Nil 0.300
Cumnock and Doon Valley Nil Nil 0.033 Nil 0.271
Cunninghame 0.245 0.300 0.264 0.132 4.946
Dumbarton 0.055 0.241 0.071 Nil
East Kilbride 0.068 0.037 0.058 0.003 0.532
Eastwood 0.074 0.058 0.038 0.092 1.170
Glasgow City* 3.600 6.500 0.700 Nil 27.590
Hamilton 0.012 0.039 0.088 Nil 0.283
Inverclyde* 0.525 1.398 0.052 0.021 4.579
Kilmarnock & Loudoun* Nil 0.006 0.050 0.003 0.185
Kyle and Carrick 0.066 0.0066 0.032 0.053 0.616

Mr. Ancram

The information, as reported by housing authorities, is as follows:

1982–83
1 2 3 4 5
District or Islands Council Gross Lending to Private Persons for House Purchase Receipts from Repayments of Capital on Loans to Private Persons for House Purchase Gross Lending to Tenants for Council House Purchase Receipts from Repayments of Capital on Loans to Tenants for Council House Purchase Total Mortgage Lending Outstanding at 31 March 1983
£ million £ million £ million £ million £ million
Monklands* 0.794 0.650 0.140 Nil 2.940
Motherwell 0.232 0.208 0.200 0.003 1.010
Renfrew* 0.770 1.338 1.461 0.025 7.669
Strathkelvin 0.277 0.534 0.259 0.026 2.518
Tayside Region
Angus 0.039 0.098 0.277 0.040 1.428
Dundee City 0.437 0.388 0.568 0.088 4.713
Perth and Kinross* 0.065 0.251 0.254 Nil
Islands Areas
Orkney* 0.365 0.200 Nil Nil 0.359
Shetland* 0.173 0.348 0.210 0.040 2.380
Western Isles 0.216 0.145 0.371 0.023
Total: District and Islands Councils 15.518 20.716 13.176 1.824 126.926
New Towns and SHHA
East Kilbride Nil Nil 1.097 0.009 13.655
Glenrothes Nil Nil 0.328 0.001 5.039
Cumbernauld Nil Nil 0.113 0.001 12.540
Livingston Nil Nil 0.124 0.001 1.181
Irvine Nil Nil 0.019 Nil 0.105
SSHA Nil Nil 2.500 1.700 14.800

Notes:

1. Columns 1–4. Figures for local authorities are taken from capital payments returns submitted on a quarterly basis by authorities. The symbol * indicates that the figures in columns 1–4 are provisional.

2. Column 5. Figures for amount of loans outstanding include loans by authorities for house improvement and loans to housing associations. The information is taken from returns submitted annually by local authorities. Figures for March 1982 (marked ) have been given where 1983 figures are not available.

Not available.

Not applicable.