§ Mr. SwinneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will provide a breakdown of allocations of money over £10,000 made under the New Housing Partnership in the financial year 1997–98 indicating allocations over £10,000 already made under the New Housing Partnership for financial years 1998–99 and382W 1999–2000, and further indicating (a) the amount allocated to running costs and (b) the total funds available for each of the next three financial years. [65954]
§ Mr. Macdonald[holding answer 18 January 1999]: The information is contained in the table.
New Housing Partnership Allocations £000 Councils 1997–98 1998–99 Aberdeen City 367 330 Aberdeenshire 223 65 Angus 190 — Argyll and Bute 207 — Comhairle nan Eilean Siar 146 56 Clackmannanshire 157 780 Dumfries and Galloway 276 100 Dundee City 424 3,275 East Ayrshire 306 1,261 East Dunbartonshire 181 68 East Lothian 186 2,945 East Renfrewshire 157 25 Edinburgh City 731 7,718 Falkirk 360 200 Fife 175 125 Glasgow City 1,578 9,415 Highland 306 992 Inverclyde 241 33 Midlothian 190 — Moray 162 20 North Ayrshire 249 82 North Lanarkshire 718 1,752 Orkney Islands 120 — Perth and Kinross 231 187 Renfrewshire 371 93 Scottish Borders 167 135 Shetland Island 127 200 South Ayrshire 247 — South Lanarkshire 436 750 Stirling 211 311 West Dunbartonshire 285 15 West Lothian 272 2,630 Allocations for New Housing Partnership projects have still to be made over the three years from 1999. It is not possible to differentiate between capital and running costs. Earmarked sums for each of the three years are:
£ million 1999–2000 23 2000–2001 95 2001–2002 160 From 1 July 1999 this will be a matter for the Scottish Parliament.