§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many new homes will be provided by Inverclyde district council in(a) 1992–93 and (b) 1993–94; what is the total provision from Scottish Office funds which will be received by the council in support of capital expenditure on housing; and what capital expenditure he expects the council to incur in each of the next two years.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 15 December 1992]: Information on the number of dwellings completed in 1992–93 and 1993–94 is not yet available.
Inverclyde district council's gross housing capital allocations for 1992–93 total £11.805 million. I plan to announce provisional allocations for 1993–94 before Christmas.
§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what sums of money have been given to the Inverclyde district council for housing maintenance and repairs in each of the last seven years.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 15 December 1992]: Local authority expenditure on housing maintenance and repairs is financed mainly from rental income. Expenditure on housing maintenance and repairs by Inverclyde district council in each of the last seven years, as recorded in returns made by the council to the Scottish Office Environment Department, is as follows:
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£ 1985–86 4,115,765 1986–87 5,176,806 1987–88 5,550,497 1988–89 5,875,281
£ 1989–90 6,296,113 1990–91 8,866,330 1991–92 7,856,574
§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many new houses were completed in Strathclyde in each year since 1979; and if he will publish an analysis of those figures by local authority district and between private, local authority and housing association ownership management.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 15 December 1992]: Information on the number of dwellings completed in each district and islands council area for private, local authority, and housing association ownership or management is contained in the quarterly statistical bulletins published by the Scottish Office entitled "Housing Trends in Scotland", or prior to 1983 "Scottish Housing Statistics", copies of which are in the Library.
§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many new homes were provided by Inverclyde district council in each of the past 10 years.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 15 December 1992]: Information on the number of local authority dwellings completed in each district and islands council area is contained in the quarterly statistical bulletins published by the Scottish Office entitled "Housing Trends in Scotland", or prior to 1983 "Scottish Housing Statistics", copies of which are in the Library.