HC Deb 22 March 1995 vol 257 cc273-4W
Mr. Donohoe

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many new dwellings have been constructed by local authorities for each financial year in Scotland since 1979–80. [14532]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

[holding answer 21 March 1995]: The information requested is set out in the table.

Year Number of new dwellings built
1979–80 4,818
1980–81 5,199
1981–82 3,141
1982–83 2,222
1983–84 2,470
1984–85 2,024
1985–86 1,880
1986–87 1,678
1987–88 2,021

Year Number of new dwellings built
1988–89 1,818
1989–90 1,243
1990–91 987
1991–92 1,030
1992–93 580
1993–94 494

Mr. Donohoe

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much revenue the Scottish Office has made available for new house building in each financial year since 1979–80 for each local authority in Scotland. [14533]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

[holding answer 21 March 1995]: Capital allocations of over £5.9 billion have been issued to local authorities since 1979–80 for investment to meet local housing needs as shown in the table. It is for local authorities themselves to determine how to allocate the resources made available to them between the improvement of their stock and new house building.

The annual publication, Scottish Local Government Financial Statistics, which is held in the Library of the House, provides information on capital expenditure by local authorities on new house building.