§ Sir Russell JohnstonTo 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-HamiltonIn the period from May 1983 to date, approval has been given to 626 applications 135W 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 JohnstonTo 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-HamiltonIn 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.
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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