§ Mr. McMasterTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what policy initiatives he proposes to take on Scottish housing.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe Government will continue to ensure that substantial resources are made available to maintain and improve the supply of good quality affordable housing in Scotland and to assist the people of Scotland to realise their aspirations for greater choice of housing tenure. Resources for gross public capital investment in Scottish housing in 1991–92 exceed £1 billion, an increase of over 19 per cent. in real terms since 1978–79. Over 228,000 households have bought their homes and local authorities and other public sector landlords since 1979.
The Government will continue with their policies of encouraging more choice, opportunity and tenure diversification.
§ Mr. McMasterTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing, on a per capita basis in ascending order, the(a) housing support grant and (b) aggregate external finance for housing allocated to each Scottish district council (i) including and (ii) excluding moneys specifically allocated to the partnership areas in Glasgow, Dundee, Edinburgh and Paisley.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonI will write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.