HC Deb 09 January 1985 vol 70 cc438-9W
Mr. McTaggart

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what were the capital allocations on (a) the housing revenue account and (b) the non-housing revenue account for (i) Glasgow and (ii) Scotland in each year since 1979–80; and if he will express (i) as a percentage of (ii).

Mr. Ancram

The information is given in the following table:

Mr. Ancram

The information requested is published in table 11 of Scottish Housing Statistics 1983, a copy of which is available in the Library.

Mr. McTaggart

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report the number of houses started and completed in (a) the public sector and (b) the private sector in Glasgow in each year since 1979; and what percentage of the houses in the public sector were the responsibility of Glasgow district council.

Mr. Ancram

The information requested is set out in the following table.

Year Private sector Public sector
Total number Proportion built by district (percentage)
Starts Completions Starts Completions Starts Completions
1981 971 1,061 156 2,000 27.9
1982 1,479 1,201 605 493 15.5 32.7
1983 1,450 1,299 311 312 37.9 20.2

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