§ Mr. Bruceasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report in respect of each local housing authority in Scotland (i) the rate-fund contribution to housing revenue accounts budgeted for in 1985–86, (ii) the statutory limit to such contributions allowed by law, (iii) the average weekly rent increases for 1985–86 and (iv) the percentage increase in average weekly rents for 1985–86 over 1984–85.
§ Mr. AncramThe information requested is set out in the following table:
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1 2 3 4 Authority Budgeted Rate Fund Contribution 1985–86 (£m) Rate Fund contribution Limit 1985–86 (£m) Increase in Average Weekly Rent 1985–86 (£) Per cent. increase in Average Weekly Rent 1985–86 (per cent.) Lochaber 0.;681 0.681 0.53p 6.6 Nairn 0.128 0.128 1.33 11.0 Ross & Cromarty 0.190 0.233 0.74p 6.1 Skye & Lochalsh 0.122 0.122 2.00 15.4 Sutherland 0.113 0.113 0.93p 7.8 East Lothian 0.545 0.545 1.00 9.0 Edinburgh 8.462 2.824 -0.09p -0.7 Midlothian 1.012 1.012 1.09 10.1 West Lothian 1.378 1.378 0.82p 7.3 Argyll & Bute 0.088 0.088 0.65p 4.4 Bearsden & Milngavie 0.394 0.395 0.77p 6.8 Clydebank — 1.183 — — Clydesdale 0.491 0.491 1.46 13.7 Cumbernauld & Kilsyth 0.703 0.703 1.92 17.8 Cumnock & Doon Valley 0.823 0.823 0.75p 7.2 Cunninghame 3.136 3.137 0.01p 0.1 Dumbarton 1.977 1.977 Nil Nil East Kilbride 0.282 0.284 1.00 8.0 Eastwood 0.081 0.081 0.56p 5.1 Glasgow 26.553 26.553 1.00 10.4 Hamilton 3.547 3.548 0.92p 9.0 Inverclyde 2.422 2.422 2.14 23.6 Kilmarnock & Loudoun 1.990 1.990 1.00 10.4 Kyle & Carrick 1.760 1.760 1.23 11.3 Monklands 2.705 2.705 2.02 21.7 Motherwell 4.586 4.586 1.38 14.0 Renfrew 4.720 4.720 1.01 11.4 Strathkelvin 1.285 1.285 1.01 9.6 Angus Nil Nil 1.05 9.0 Dundee 4.917 4.917 1.00 11.3 Perth & Kinross (0.434) Nil 1.15 10.7 Orkney 0.276 0.276 2.20 20.2 Shetland 0.598 0.598 3.01 28.6 Western Isles — 0.950 — — Notes
1. The information contained in columns 1, 3 and 4 of the table is taken from returns, or in the case of Stirling, other information, submitted to the Scottish Development Department by authorities. Information from Clydebank district council and Western Isles islands council has yet to be received.
2. The figures in brackets in Column 1 are credit balances.
3. Changes in an authority's housing stock, e.g. through sales, can result in a marginal increase or decrease in the average rent. The rent increase figures shown in column 3 are not, therefore, necessarily wholly the result of authorities' decisions on rent levels.
§ Mr. Bruceasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report in respect of each district and islands area of Scotland the amounts paid or estimated to be paid by the Housing Corporation in respect of (a) new built housing and (b) improvements to housing (i) in cash terms and (ii) per head of population.
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Expenditure on new build £000 Expenditure per head (new build) £ Expenditure on improvement £000 Expenditure per head (improvement) £ Borders region Berwickshire 1,207 66 105 6 Ettrick and Lauderdale 1,618 49 — — Roxburgh 1,361 39 — — Tweeddale 48 3 — — Central region Clackmannan 1,263 26 — — Falkirk 2,278 16 333 2 Stirling 457 6 44 1 Dumfries and Galloway region Annandale and Eskdale 158 4 — — Nithsdale 399 7 87 2 Stewartry — — — — Wigtown 67 2 — —
§ Mr. AncramThe information requested for 1983–84, the most recent year for which figures are available, is set out in the following table:
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Expenditure on new build £000 Expenditure per head (new build) £ Expenditure on improvement £000 Expenditure per head (improvement) £ Fife region Dunfermline 74 1 39 — Kirkcaldy 447 3 3 — North East Fife 603 9 — — Highland region Badenoch and Strathspey — — — — Caithness 4 — — — Inverness 292 5 — — Lochaber 126 6 — — Nairn — — — — Ross and Cromarty 879 19 77 2 Skye and Lochalsh 117 11 — — Sutherland 28 2 — — Grampian region City of Aberdeen 2,697 13 775 4 Banff and Buchan 867 11 181 2 Gordon 761 11 — — Kincardine and Deeside 51 1 8 — Moray 923 11 — — Lothian region East Lothian 397 5 — — City of Edinburgh 6,710 15 6,309 14 Midlothian 1,062 13 390 5 West Lothian 1,539 11 — — Strathclyde region Argyll and Bute 1,223 19 2,345 36 Bearsden and Milngavie 5 — — — Clydebank — — 1,901 37 Clydesdale 181 3 — — Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 55 1 1 — Cumnock and Doon Valley 142 3 — — Cunninghame — — 24 — Dumbarton 50 1 160 2 East Kilbride 10 — — — Eastwood 14 — 188 3 City of Glasgow 5,757 8 48,154 65 Hamilton — — 867 8 Inverclyde 426 4 — — Kilmarnock and Loudoun 144 2 — — Kyle and Carrick 42 — — — Monklands 987 9 1 — Motherwell 506 3 932 6 Renfrew 1,073 5 2,689 13 Strathkelvin 314 4 — — Tayside region Angus — — 53 1 City of Dundee 2,191 12 3,213 18 Perth and Kinross 319 3 107 1 Islands Councils Orkney — — — — Shetlands 108 5 — — Western Isles — — — — Notes:
i. All figures have been rounded to the nearest whole unit.
ii. —=nil or less than 0.5 of a unit.