Housing

HC Deb 19 October 1989 vol 158 cc248-9W

Mr. McAllion

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what were the numbers of houses completed in(a) Dundee and (b) Scotland by (i) district councils, (ii) housing associations, (iii) the private sector and (iv) the housing co-operatives in each of the past 10 years for which figures are available.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The available information is set out in the table.

House completions 1979–88
	District councils	Housing associations	Private sector
	Dundee	Scotland	Dundee	Scotland	Dundee	Scotland
1979	221	4,755	9	544	261	15,175
1980	82	5,048	79	881	244	12,242
1981	163	3,770	74	1,928	160	11,021
1982	55	2,342	100	1,167	162	11,529
1983	80	2,311	34	1,271	469	13,178
1984	5	2,120	101	2,076	470	14,118
1985	57	1,989	127	1,148	250	14,445
1986	0	1,733	83	1,466	179	14,812
19871	0	1,710	193	1,169	179	13,798
19881	5	1,933	235	1,278	269	14,063
1 Private sector figures based on incomplete returns.