§ Mr. SarwarTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many houses were built by(a) local authorities and (b) housing associations in each of the last five years. [33212]
§ Mr. MacdonaldThe available information, which covers the years 1992–96, is set out in the table.
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£ million Financial year Additional spending pressure Amount added to AEF 1991–92 Education: In Service Training Transfer 5.4 Staff Development/Appraisal 2.0 Social Work: Community Care 7.0 Mental Illness Specific Grant 3.0 Fire 1.00 Civil Defence: Emergency Planning Functions 0.5 Cleansing: Litter Duties/Waste Regulation 12.0 Environmental Health: Food Safety Bill 3.0 River Purification: Environmental Protection Bill 1.0 Leisure and Recreation: Children's Play Areas 2.0 Roads and Road Lighting: Increasing Road Lengths 1.0 Building Control 0.7 1992–93 Education: Senior Teachers'Pay Award 11.5 Staff Appraisal 4.0 Senior Teachers (Non-Staff) 5.0 Speech Therapy 2.0 Social Work: Community Care (Stage 2) 11.0 Residential Childcare 7.0 Child Protection Training 1.0 Day Care 1.5 Arms Length Inspection 0.5 Advocacy For Disabled 1.0 Police: Road Traffic Technology 1.5 District Courts: Road Traffic Technology 0.3 Cleansing: Waste Regulation/Recycling etc. 8.0 Environmental Health: Food Safety 1.5 Control of Dogs 2.5 River Purification 1.0 Registers of Contaminated Land 2.0 Leisure and Recreation: Resurfacing of Play Areas 2.0 Council Tax Preparation 24.0
New housebuilding completions1 by local authorities2 and housing associations in Scotland between 1992 and 1996 Year Local authority Housing association 1992 697 3,044 1993 502 2,723 1994 548 2,990 1995 499 5,003 1996 209 2,683 1Information on new housebuilding is collected centrally and published in a quarterly bulletin, the latest being 'Housing Trends in Scotland: Quarter Ended 31 March 1997' (HSG/1997/7) in November 1997. 2The figures for local authority new housebuilding from 1994 may not be complete since not all local authorities have submitted returns.