§ Mr. Norman Hoggasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many houses, formerly owned by the development corporations, have been sold in each of the new towns over the past five years.
§ Mr. LangThe information is as follows:
1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Cumbernauld 565 203 419 448 311 East Kilbride 832 501 874 614 575 Glenrothes 279 379 635 508 378 Irvine 21 55 93 98 84 Livingston 148 224 369 295 225
§ Mr. Norman Hoggasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how much has been realised from the sale of assets, other than housing, in each of the new towns between 1980 and 1985.
§ Mr. LangDetails of receipts from assets, other than housing, sold by the Scottish new town development corporations for the financial years 1980–81 to 1985–86 are given in the following table.
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Receipts from Non-Housing Assets Sold by New Town Development Corporations (£ million) 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–4 1984–85 1985–86 Cumbernauld 2.5 0.3 0.5 0.7 1.1 1.9 East Kilbride 3.1 0.8 0.4 0.8 0.3 1.6 Glenrothes 1.0 0.3 1.1 2.5 1.4 1.5 Irvine 1.3 1.4 0.2 — 3.1 4.8 Livingston 1.6 1.9 1.9 1.2 1.4 1.6