HC Deb 23 February 1988 vol 128 cc134-6W
Sir Russell Johnston

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many successful applications have been made by housing authorities in relation to housing action area and improvement order declarations for an enhanced level of approved expense for grant purposes.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

In the period from May 1983 to date, approval has been given to 626 applications by local authorities for increases in the maximum eligible expense limits in respect of 4,375 houses and non-residential premises within housing action Areas. Approvals relating to improvement order cases cannot be separately identified.

Sir Russell Johnston

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many housing action area and improvement order declarations have been made by each local authority in Scotland over the last 10 years.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

In the 10-year period to 1987 the total number of housing action areas declared by each of the Scottish local authorities and submitted to the Secretary of State as draft resolutions is set out in the table. Information on the number of improvement orders made by local authorities is not held centrally.

Housing action areas declared in Scotland (1 January 1978–31 December 1987)
Number
Borders Region
Berwickshire
Ettrick and Lauderdale 9
Roxburgh 4
Tweeddale 2
Central Region
Clackmannan 12
Falkirk 10
Stirling 22
Dumfries and Galloway Region
Annandale and Eskdale
Nithsdale 2
Stewartry
Wigtown
Fife Region
Dunfermline 1
Kirkcaldy 68
North East Fife
Grampian Region
Aberdeen City 54
Banff and Buchan 4
Gordon
Kincardine and Deeside
Moray
Highland Region
Badenoch and Strathspey
Caithness
Inverness 2
Lochaber 1
Nairn
Ross and Cromarty 2
Skye and Lochalish
Sutherland 4
Lothian
East Lothian 7
Edinburgh City 57
Midlothian 1
West Lothian
Strathclyde Region
Argyll and Bute 151
Bearsden and Milngavie 2
Clydebank 8
Clydesdale 6
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 2
Cumnock and Doon Valley
Cunninghame 48
Dumbarton 4

Number
East Kilbride 1
Eastwood
Glasgow City 478
Hamilton 18
Inverclyde 24
Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Kyle and Carrick 1
Monklands 3
Motherwell 15
Renfrew 57
Strathkelvin 3
Tayside Region
Angus 7
Dundee City 76
Perth and Kinross 53
Islands Areas
Orkney
Shetland
Western Isles 117