§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the number of loft insulation jobs completed so far in the current year and completed in the equivalent periods of 1987, 1988 and 1989; and what were the full-year figures for 1987, 1988 and 1989 for each region and Scotland as a whole.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 12 June 1990]: Figures for 1990 are not yet available. Information on the number of dwellings for which home insulation grants were given in the years 1987, 1988 and 1989 is given in the following table:
Home insulation grants paid, Scotland 1987 1988 1989 Scotland 18,099 9674 3,907 Borders 269 210 102 Central 4,404 2,743 930 Dumfries and Galloway 391 158 17 Fife 1,120 659 324 Grampian 1,326 441 95 Highland 902 267 34 Lothian 1,897 744 348 Strathclyde 5,927 3,723 1,813 Tayside 1,689 588 160 Orkney Islands 114 83 60 Shetland Islands 8 14 2 Western Isles 52 44 22