asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what were the number of (1) standard grants, (2) con-
| Standard Grants | Conversion Grants | Improvement Grants | ||||||
| Local Authority | Owers-Occupied | Others | Owers-Occupied | Others | Owers-Occupied | Others | ||
| Highland Region | ||||||||
| Caithness | … | … | — | — | — | — | 69 | 9 |
| Sutherland | … | … | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 22 | 2 |
| Ross and Cromarty | … | … | 4 | — | 5 | — | 65 | — |
| Skye and Lochalsh | … | … | 4 | — | — | — | 4 | — |
| Lochaber | … | … | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Inverness | … | … | 1 | — | — | 4 | 15 | 3 |
| Badenoch and Strathspey | … | … | 1 | — | — | — | 45 | 1 |
| Nairn | … | … | 1 | — | — | — | 7 | — |
| Total | … | … | 13 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 228 | 15 |
| Grampian Region | ||||||||
| Moray | … | … | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 54 | 20 |
| Banff and Buchan | … | … | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 11 | 3 |
| Gordon | … | … | 3 | — | 3 | 4 | 46 | 26 |
| Aberdeen | … | … | 4 | 4 | 14 | 27 | 251 | 190 |
| Kincardine and Deeside | … | … | 6 | — | 2 | — | 28 | 10 |
| Total | … | … | 15 | 7 | 23 | 33 | 390 | 249 |
| Tayside Region | ||||||||
| Dundee | … | … | — | 1 | 8 | 53 | 41 | 47 |
| Perth and kinross | … | … | — | — | — | 3 | 31 | 24 |
| Angus | … | … | 3 | — | 10 | 3 | 57 | 18 |
| Total | … | … | 3 | 1 | 18 | 59 | 129 | 89 |
fically for improvement. The following table shows the numbers of acquired houses included in house improvement schemes approved during that period, and the number of new houses acquired from private builders:
version grants and (3) improvement grants approved for owner-occupied and other houses, respectively, in each authority in Scotland in the first half of 1975–76.
The figures are:
Standard Grants
| Conversion Grants
| Improvement Grants
| ||||||
Local Authority
| Owers-Occupied
| Others
| Owers-Occupied
| Others
| Owers-Occupied
| Others
| ||
Fife Region
| ||||||||
| Kirkcaldy | … | … | 6 | 1 | — | — | 23 | 13 |
| Dunfermline | … | … | — | — | — | 1 | 76 | 9 |
| Total | … | … | 6 | 1 | — | 1 | 99 | 22 |
Lothian Region
| ||||||||
| West Lothian | … | … | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 32 | 3 |
| Edinburgh | … | … | 1 | — | 29 | 15 | 1,221 | 197 |
| Midlothian | … | … | — | — | 4 | — | 22 | 1 |
| East Lothian | … | … | — | — | — | — | 13 | — |
| Total | … | … | 2 | — | 34 | 17 | 1,288 | 201 |
Central Region
| ||||||||
| Clackmannan | … | … | 2 | — | — | — | 17 | — |
| Stirling | … | … | 7 | — | 8 | — | 17 | — |
| Falkirk | … | … | — | — | 9 | 1 | 52 | — |
| Total | … | … | 9 | — | 17 | 1 | 86 | — |
Borders Region
| ||||||||
| Tweeddale | … | … | 1 | — | — | — | 12 | 2 |
| Ettrick and Lauderdale | … | … | 4 | — | — | 1 | 19 | 5 |
| Total | … | … | 5 | — | — | 1 | 31 | 7 |
Strathclyde Region
| ||||||||
| Argyll | … | … | — | — | — | — | 25 | 3 |
| Dumbarton | … | … | — | — | 5 | — | 30 | — |
| Glasgow | … | … | 13 | — | 27 | 24 | 421 | 50 |
| Strathkelvin | … | … | 2 | — | 1 | — | 34 | — |
| Cumbernauld | … | … | 1 | — | — | — | 11 | 2 |
| Motherwell | … | … | — | — | 1 | — | 30 | 1 |
| Hamilton | … | … | 3 | — | — | — | 32 | — |
| East Kilbride | … | … | — | — | — | — | 8 | — |
| Eastwood | … | … | — | — | — | — | 5 | — |
| Lanark | … | … | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Renfrew | … | … | 31 | 3 | 16 | — | 59 | 12 |
| Inverclyde | … | … | 5 | — | — | 2 | 8 | 4 |
| Kilmarnock | … | … | 23 | — | 1 | — | 6 | — |
| Cumnock | … | … | — | — | 1 | — | 5 | 4 |
| Total | … | … | 78 | 3 | 52 | 26 | 674 | 76 |
Dumfries Region
| ||||||||
| Wigtown | … | … | — | — | 4 | 9 | 14 | 6 |
| Stewartry | … | … | — | — | 1 | — | 17 | 7 |
| Nithsdale | … | … | — | — | 6 | 4 | 29 | 5 |
| Annandale and Eskdale | … | … | — | — | 3 | — | 26 | 15 |
| Total | … | … | — | — | 14 | 13 | 86 | 33 |
| Orkney Islands Area | … | … | 11 | — | 2 | — | 22 | — |
| Shetland Islands Area | … | … | 12 | — | — | — | 19 | — |
| Western Isles Area | … | … | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 15 | 39 |
| Total Islands Area | … | … | 24 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 56 | 39 |
| Scotland Total | … | … | 155 | 15 | 166 | 156 | 3,067 | 731 |
The following eight districts did not notify any approvals for standard, conversion or improvement grants to owner-occupiers or others in the period in question:
- N.E. Fife.
- Roxburgh.
- Berwickshire.
- Clydebank.
- Bearsden and Milngavie.
- Monklands.
- Cunninghame.
- Kyle and Carrick.