Housing (Hansard, 16 March 1993)

§ Mr. Kirkwood
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what information he has on the number of four and five-apartment houses currently owned in Scotland by local authorities and tenanted by single people.
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council, (c) Inverclyde district council, (d) the European Community and (e) the Renfrewshire enterprise company to those projects in Inverclyde which received aid by way of the European Community's Renaval programme.

§ Mr. Stewart
[holding answer 15 March 1993]: This information is not held centrally. My Department reimburses each project sponsor for that part of a project's defrayed expenditure eligible for European funds as awarded by the Renaval programme monitoring committee. The amount of EC funding paid out to date is given in the following table:

§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
[holding answer 15 March 1993]: The available information on number of rooms by household size and tenure will be published in the 1991 census report for Scotland, part 1, in April 1993.

§ Mr. Kirkwood
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many four and five-apartment houses were built by local authorities in Scotland for letting as general purpose houses for the last five years for which figures are available.

§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
[holding answer 15 March 1993]: The information requested is not available.

§ Mr. Kirkwood
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will estimate the number of small houses for single parents or couples which were built by(a) local authorities and (b) housing associations in Scotland over the last five years for which figures are available.

§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
[holding answer 15 March 1993]: The information requested is not available.

§ Mr. Kirkwood
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what incentives he plans to stimulate additional building of houses in the social rented sector suitable for single people or couples; and if he will make a statement.
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§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
[holding answer 15 March 1993]: Local authorities and new town development corporations have substantial resources exceeding £400 million in 1993–94 which can be used to fund the additional building of rented housing if this is regarded as a local priority. In addition, Scottish Homes plan to give a record £260 million in grant to housing associations in Scotland next year, the bulk of which will be for social rented housing.

Year Total Offshore Employment in the Northern North Sea (Estimated range) Employment in companies wholly related to the North Sea Oil Industry (thousands) Employment in the electronics industry (thousands)

1982 21,650–24,200 58.3 38.7

1983 26,350–28,650 63.3 41.5

1984 24,500–27,150 64.0 43.5

1985 23,000–25,250 63.8 42.8

1986 17,350–19,050 61.4 42.2

1987 22,500–24,800 50.8 43.6

1988 22,000–24,350 53.7 44.8

1989 24,050–26,250 59.6 46.6

1990 27,850–29,750 64.1 46.5

1991 26,400–27,950 ¹— ²45.3

¹1991 Estimate not available

²Provisional

Year	Total Offshore Employment in the Northern North Sea (Estimated range)	Employment in companies wholly related to the North Sea Oil Industry (thousands)	Employment in the electronics industry (thousands)
1982	21,650–24,200	58.3	38.7
1983	26,350–28,650	63.3	41.5
1984	24,500–27,150	64.0	43.5
1985	23,000–25,250	63.8	42.8
1986	17,350–19,050	61.4	42.2
1987	22,500–24,800	50.8	43.6
1988	22,000–24,350	53.7	44.8
1989	24,050–26,250	59.6	46.6
1990	27,850–29,750	64.1	46.5
1991	26,400–27,950	¹—	²45.3
¹1991 Estimate not available
²Provisional