Housing Starts

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report the number of local authority, new town, Scottish Special Housing Association and other housing association houses that were started, under construction or completed in 1979 in Scotland as a whole and in each district or island authority area in Scotland.

The following table gives the latest available figures for 1979. Final figures, which will be published in "Scottish Housing Statistics" in clue course, cannot be produced until the returns from local authorities and others are complete.

HOUSING PROGRESS 1979
	Starts			Under construction			Completions
Regions	Local Authority	SSHA	HA GD†§	Local Authority	SSHA	HA GD†§	Local Authority	SSHA	HA GD†§
SCOTLAND	4,478*	1,018	948	6,499*	1,722	2,297	4,420*	1,084	591
BORDERS	61	—	3	72	49	32	48	62	3
Berwickshire	27	—	—	38	—	—	14	—	—
Ettrick and Lauderdale	—	—	3	—	49	32	34	62	3
Roxburgh	16†	—	—	16†	—	—	—†	—	—
Tweeddale	18†	—	—	18†	—	—	—†	—	—
CENTRAL	241	16	136	326	155	203	161	179	48
Clackmannan	64	—	19	135	—	49	152	—	3
Falkirk	51	16	41	51	155	45	—	179	44
Stirling	126†	—	76	140†	—	109	9†	—	1
DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY	219	—	25	338	—	25	290	—	—
Annandale and Eskdale	22‡	—	—	156‡	—	—	55‡	—	—
Nithsdale	62	—	25	54	—	25	129	—	—
Stewartry	42	—	—	51	—	—	74	—	—
Wigtown	93	—	—	77	—	—	32	—	—
FIFE	206	216	4	447	216	38	243	—	7
Dunfermline	91†	121	—	106†	121	—	105†	—	1
Kirkcaldy	56	95	4	44	95	38	123	—	—
North East Fife	59‡	—	—	297‡	—	—	15‡	—	6
GRAMPIAN	1,033	65	43	1,380	65	175	761	—	16
Aberdeen City	440	—	—	761	—	132	430	—	—
Banff and Buchan	156†	—	—	154†	—	—	153†	1	—
Gordon	—	—	—	—	—	—	35	—	—
Kincardine and Deeside	—	21	43	—	21	43	56	—	16
Moray	437	44	—	465	44	—	87	—	—
HIGHLAND	427	4	29	464	4	60	286	—	3
Badenoch and Strathspey	18\|\|	—	1	18\|\|	—	1	24\|\|	—	—
Caithness	74	—	—	78	—	—	54	—	—
Inverness	113	4	—	108	4	31	38	—	—
Lochaber	90	—	—	102	—	—	57	—	2
Nairn	—†	—	28	—†	—	28	—†	—	—
Ross and Cromarty	81	—	—	81	—	—	89	—	1
Skye and Lochalsh	25	—	—	46	—	—	11	—	—
Sutherland	26	—	—	31	—	—	13	—	—
LOTHIAN	90	40	106	142	40	607	243	133	257
East Lothian	31	—	—	31	—	—	46	50	—
Edinburgh City	35	40	70	64	40	506	199	83	257
Midlothian	24	—	—	47	—	36	—	—	—
West Lothian	—	—	36	—	—	65	—	—	—

	Starts			Under construction			Completions
Regions	Local Authority	SSHA	HA GD†§	Local Authority	SSHA	HA GD†§	Local Authority	SSHA	HA GD†§
STRATHCLYDE	1,858	589	493	2,496	1,078	850	1,830	598	216
Argyll	67	—	2	181	—	17	118	—	1
Bearsden and Milngavie	76	—	—	94	—	—	36	—	—
Clydebank	106	—	—	115	60	1	—	—	—
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth	32	—	—	54	—	—	35	—	—
Cumnock and Doon Valley	77	—	—	84	—	—	26	—	—
Cunninghame	64	—	—	114	—	—	102	—	—
Dumbarton	8†	—	—	45†	—	53	—†	—	—
East Kilbride	—	—	73	—	—	73	—	—	—
Eastwood	—	—	—	25	—	—	—	—	—
Glasgow City	777	340	176	877	583	370	615	96	—
Hamilton	131	52	39	164	60	39	55	30	—
Inverclyde	12	—	68	8	—	68	4	—	60
Kilmarnock and Loudoun	40	—	—	89	—	—	101	—	125
Kyle and Carrick	127	—	—	158	—	42	136	—	—
Lanark	22	—	15	30	—	15	55	—	—
Monklands	21	115	66	58	115	66	61	—	—
Motherwell	209	—	48	251	—	78	167	—	—
Renfrew	89	82	6	149	260	6	65	472	—
Strathkelvin	—†	—	—	—†	—	22	254†	—	30
TAYSIDE	154	88	85	540	115	252	405	112	41
Angus	6†	—	—	57†	—	—	34†	—	32
Dundee City	83	38	85	163	65	155	221	112	9
Perth and Kinross	65	50	—	320	50	97	150	—	—
ISLANDS COUNCIL
Orkney Islands	17	—	—	41	—	—	34	—	—
Shetland Islands	136	—	24	136	—	24	55	—	—
Western Isles	36\|\|	—	—	117\|\|	—	31	62\|\|	—	—
New Towns Development Corporations		Starts			Under construction			Completions
Cumbernauld		23			217			299
East Kilbride		94			94			—
Glenrothes		289			494			466
Irvine		197			255			466
Livingston		381			577			787
Total		984			1,637			2,018
* These figures are based on incomplete returns.
† Fourth quarter 1979 figures not included.
‡ Second, third and fourth quarter 1979 figures not included.
§ Housing associations (other than SSHA) and Government Departments.
\|\| Third and fourth quarter 1979 figures not included.

Volume 981: debated on Monday 17 March 1980