§ Mr. MacdonaldTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he expects to complete his review into the crofter housing grant and loans scheme; and in what form his findings will be made public.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 11 July 1989]: My right hon. and learned Friend hopes to complete the review of the size and nature of grants and loans for new croft houses and existing croft houses under the current scheme in time for revised rates to be introduced in 1990–91 and announced when the new rates come into force. A wider review of assistance to crofter housing within the context of the Government's overall 116W housing policy is in hand. Work on this is, however, at an early stage and has not as yet progressed sufficiently to enable a view to be taken on the nature and timing of any announcement of the outcome of the review.