§ Dr. Godmanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many housing improvement grants have been paid in Scotland for each year from 1982 to date.
§ Mr. AncramThe information requested is as follows:
Year Estimated number of grants paid 1982 24,000 1983 46,000 1984 57,000 The figures, which are based on incomplete returns, include grants paid for improvement, conversion and repair, and the provision of standard amenities.
§ Dr. Godmanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will provide the latest estimates for spending on housing improvement grants by each district council in Scotland for 1984–85 and 1985–86, indicating, in each case, the potential under or overspend on original estimates (a) in cash terms and (b) in percentage terms.
§ Mr. AncramExpenditure on housing improvement grants is one component of non-housing revenue account block expenditure, and will depend on how authorities choose to spend the resources allocated to them for that block. The only estimates of expenditure specifically on housing improvement grants in 1984–85 were those submitted by local authorities in January 1985 and are given in the table below. There are no other estimates with which to compare them. Estimates for 1985–86 are not available.
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Authority £ million Berwickshire 0.415 Ettrick and Lauderdale 0.450 Roxburgh 0.200 Tweeddale 0.140 Clackmannan 0.180 Falkirk 1.366 Stirling 0.530 Annandale and Eskdale 0.315 Nithsdale 0.285 Stewartry 0.381 Wigstown 0.710 Dumfermline 1.084 Kirkcaldy 1.100 North East Fife 1.322 Aberdeen 3.866 Banff and Buchan 1.400 Gordon 0.800 Kincardine and Deeside 0.450 Moray 1.000 Balenoch and Strathspey 0.210 Caithness 2.200 Inverness 0.665 Lochaber 0.126 Nairn 0.131 Ross and Cromarty 2.000 Skye and Lochalsh 0.590 Sutherland 1.000 East Lothian 0.705 Edinburgh 17.554 Midlothian 1.000 West Lothian 0.621 Argyll and Bute 4.857 Bearsden and Milngavie 0.310 Clydebank 0.700 Clydesdale 0.552 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 0.290 Cumnock and Doon Valley 0.040
Authority £ million Cunninghame 1.450 Dumbarton 1.099 East Kilbride 0.240 Eastwood 0.660 Glasgow 72.130 Hamilton 1.037 Inverclyde 1.885 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 0.156 Kyle and Carrick 0.763 Monklands 0.500 Motherwell 0.317 Renfrew 3.860 Strathkelvin 0.672 Angus 1.000 Dundee 5.000 Perth and Kinross 2.000 Orkney 1.500 Shetland 0.805 Western Isles 4.240
§ Dr. Godmanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the most recent information he has on the amount likely to be spent on housing improvement grants in Scotland and Inverclyde, respectively, during 1984–85 and 1985–86.
§ Mr. AncramThe amounts estimated to be spent on housing improvement grants in Scotland and Inverclyde district during 1984–85 are £149 million and £1.885 million respectively. Estimates for 1985–86 are not available.
§ Dr. Godmanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is, in real and cost terms, the total estimated spending on housing improvement grants by district councils for 1984–85 and 1985–86; and how this compares with the figures for 1983–84.
§ Mr. AncramTotal estimated expenditure by local authorities on housing improvement grants in 1984–85 is, in cash terms and at 1983–84 prices, £149 million and £142.6 million respectively. This compares with £181 million spent in 1983–84.
An estimate for 1985–86 is not available. Expenditure on housing improvement grants is one component of non-HRA block expenditure, and will depend on how authorities choose to spend the resources allocated to them for that block.