asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing the average cost of maintaining, repairing and managing council houses in each of the district councils.

Estimates of the expenditure by district authorities in 1976-77 on the management and maintenance of council houses are given in the "Rating Review", June 1976, published by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (Scottish Branch), a copy of which is available in the House of Commons Library.