§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what capital allocations were made to housing associations in(a) Greenock and Port Glasgow, (b) Strathclyde and (c) Scotland as a whole for (i) new building and (ii) renovation in each year since 1979;
(2) what capital allocations to housing associations in (a) Greenock and Port Glasgow, (b) Strathclyde and (c) Scotland as a whole will be made for (i) new building and (ii) renovation in 1989; and what capital allocations are planned for 1990 and 1991.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonSuch information is not held by the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State, in making his annual allocation to the Housing Corporation in Scotland for housing association purposes, requires the corporation to operate within a development programme approved by him each year. This programme is on the basis of specified categories of need. Subsequent allocations to particular associations and particular areas, and decisions on the means of provision are then the responsibility of the Housing Corporation.
Similar procedures will operate for future years when Scottish Homes will take over from the Housing Corporation, responsibility for the funding of housing associations in Scotland.