Public Sector Housing

HC Deb 25 February 1987 vol 111 cc273-4W

Mr. Maxton

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many public sector dwellings in Scotland are (a) of traditional build, and (b) of non-traditional build.

Mr. Ancram

Consistent information is not available regarding the number of non-traditional dwellings across

Scottish Special Housing Association: Income
£ million
	Rents	Government Deficit Grant	Other Income	Total
	Cash	1985–86 Prices	Cash	1985–86 Prices	Cash	1985–86 Prices	Cash	1985–86 Prices
1978–79	23.3	44.0	29.5	55.8	0.5	0.9	53.3	100.8
1979–80	26.5	42.9	31.1	50.3	0.5	0.8	58.1	94.0
1980–81	33.5	45.7	30.6	41.7	1.1	1.5	65.2	88.9
1981–82	42.2	52.4	26.6	33.0	2.7	3.3	71.5	88.8
1982–83	51.8	60.0	25.2	29.2	3.0	3.5	80.0	92.6
1983–84	56.9	63.1	23.0	25.5	2.7	3.0	82.6	91.5
1984–85	60.0	63.7	23.0	24.4	2.6	2.8	85.6	90.9
1985–86	63.9	63.9	23.0	23.0	2.8	2.8	89.7	89.7

Scottish Special Housing Association: Expenditure
£ million
	Loan Charges	Management	Repairs and Maintenance	Other Expenditure	Total
	Cash	1985–86 Prices	Cash	1985–86 Prices	Cash	1985–86 Prices	Cash	1985–86 Prices	Cash	1985–86 Prices
1978–79	33.6	63.5	3.3	6.2	15.5	29.3	1.0	1.9	53.4	100.9
1979–80	35.7	57.7	4.0	6.5	16.8	27.2	1.2	1.9	57.7	93.3
1980–81	40.4	55.1	4.9	6.7	14.7	20.0	4.6	6.3	64.6	88.1
1981–82	45.9	57.0	5.0	6.2	18.5	23.0	0.9	1.1	70.3	87.3
1982–83	50.8	58.8	5.2	6.0	21.5	24.9	1.9	2.2	79.4	91.9
1983–84	54.8	60.7	6.6	7.3	18.8	20.8	1.7	1.9	81.9	90.8
1984–85	58.4	62.0	5.6	5.9	19.4	20.6	2.2	2.3	85.6	90.9
1985–86	61.8	61.8	7.0	7.0	18.9	18.9	2.0	2.0	89.7	89.7

New Towns Development Corporations: Expenditure
£ million
	Loan Charges	Management	Repairs and Maintenance	Other Expenditure	Total
	Cash	1985–86 Prices	Cash	1985–86 Prices	Cash	1985–86 Prices	Cash	1985–86 Prices	Cash	1985–86 Prices
1978–79	33.9	64.1	1.8	3.4	4.9	9.3	3.0	5.7	43.6	82.4
1979–80	36.7	59.4	2.1	3.4	6.3	10.2	3.8	6.1	48.9	79.1
1980–81	40.4	55.1	2.6	3.5	8.1	11.0	4.4	6.0	55.5	75.7
1981–82	44.2	54.9	2.8	3.5	8.3	10.3	4.5	5.6	59.8	74.2
1982–83	47.7	55.2	2.8	3.2	9.9	11.5	5.4	6.3	65.7	76.1
1983–84	49.4	54.7	2.9	3.2	10.6	11.7	5.2	5.8	68.1	75.5
1984–85	50.8	54.0	3.0	3.2	11.0	11.7	4.8	5.1	69.6	73.9
1985–86	52.1	52.1	3.3	3.3	11.3	11.3	4.9	4.9	71.6	71.6

Total figures may not equal the sum of other rows due to rounding.

the public sector as a whole. Figures provided by local authorities indicate that in 1985 approximately 157,000 of the 858,000 local authority dwellings were of non-traditional build.