§ Mr. McMasterTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing the total number of houses for rent built by Scottish Homes or its predecessor within Renfrew district for each year since 1960.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information requested is set out in the table.
New House Building 1960–1990—Scottish Homes (Own Stock) Year Number of completions 1960–61 Nil 1962 750 1963 540 1964–65 Nil 1966 1,448 1967–68 Nil 1969 367 1970 126 1971 Nil 1972 916 1973 925 1974 Nil 1975 440 1976 432 1977 364 1978 460 1979 632 1980 Nil 1981 268 1982 Nil 1983 209 1984–86 Nil 1987 18 1988 72 1989–90 Nil 1991 24
§ Mr. McMasterTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing the total number of houses for rent built by Renfrew district council or its predecessors for each year since 1960.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe total numbers of dwellings completed by Renfrew district council for the years 1976 to 1990 are set out in the table. It is not possible to say whether all these were for rent. Information for earlier years is not available on a comparable basis.
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New dwellings completed by Renfrew district council Number 1976 184 1977 84 1978 47 1979 65 1980 122 1981 113
Number 1982 179 1983 34 1984 135 1985 19 1986 10 1987 64 1988 27 1989 — 11990 — 1 January to September only.