New Towns (Housing)

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what, in respect of each of the Scottish new town development corporations in each of the years 1978–79 to 1984–85, inclusive, and 1985–86 to date, were (i) the categories of applicants whose waiting time from acceptance of application to allocation of a dwelling was greatest and the average waiting time from such categories and the categories of applicants whose waiting time was shortest and the average waiting time for such categories and (ii) the numbers of and sizes of private sector houses and flats in each of the said years to 31 March which were (a) completed and (b) sold on a basis which included any element of subsidy or financial assistance by the development corporation and the total amount of such subsidy or financial assistance.

[pursuant to his reply, 3 July 1985, c. 156]: The replies are

(i) such information as is available about average waiting time for categories of applicant on the housing waiting lists maintained by new town development corporations is not compiled on a uniform basis and does not enable me to give a meaningful reply.

(ii) (a) Private sector houses and flats completed in each financial year (breakdown by size not available).

	East Kilbride	Cumbernauld	Glenrothes	Livingston	Irvine
1978–79	70	257	82	72	235
1979–80	158	139	130	144	104
1980–81	175	69	85	143	83
1981–82	144	53	85	54	48
1982–83	48	112	74	163	106
1983–84	77	111	152	221	102
1984–85	192	9	156	160	79
1985–86^*	30	31	23	49	15
^*Position at 31 May 1985 for East Kilbride and 30 June for other towns.

(b) Twenty-nine private sector houses and flats were sold during this period on a basis which included an element of subsidy or financial assistance from the development corporation. All 29 were in Cumbernauld, nine sold in 1984–85 and 20 sold in 1985–86 to date. The aggregate notional amount of the assistance was £9,796 and £21,366 respectively. This was in the context of a joint venture with private builders where the development corporation sold the land at historic cost, rather than on the basis of current market value.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what, in respect of each of the Scottish new town

(a) Total numbers (cumulative) of houses completed at 31 March
	1 APT	2 APT	3 APT	4 APT	5 APT	6+APT	Total
	1979
East Kilbride^*	64	3,121	7,702	8,980	1,767	86	21,720
Cumbernauld	137	872	3,626	6,329	1,630	531	13,125
Glenrothes	(breakdown not available						10,135
Livingston	0	751	2,432	5,538	1,069	477	10,267
Irvine	0	220	948	1,666	1,077	142	4,053
	1980
East Kilbride	64	3,121	7,702	8,980	1,767	86	21,720
Cumbernauld	137	919	3,726	6,529	1,630	545	13,486
Glenrothes	(breakdown not available)						10,601
Livingston	0	850	2,677	5,981	1,115	515	11,138
Irvine	0	298	1,027	1,782	1,144	142	4,393
	1981
East Kilbride	64	3,139	7,710	9,077	1,778	86	21,854
Cumbernauld	137	942	3,762	6,563	1,630	549	13,583
Glenrothes	(breakdown not available)						10,927
Livingston	0	891	2,769	6,264	1,115	570	11,609
Irvine	0	359	1,046	1,871	1,174	142	4,592
	1982
East Kilbride	64	3,139	7,732	9,130	1,802	86	21,953
Cumbernauld	137	989	3,868	6,745	1,648	549	13,936
Glenrothes	(breakdown not available)						11,385
Livingston	0	919	2,807	6,373	1,115	580	11,794
Irvine	0	409	1,106	2,027	1,285	142	4,969
	1983
East Kilbride	64	3,139	7,745	9,155	1,802	86	21,991
Cumbernauld	137	993	3,898	6,818	1,655	549	14,050
Glenrothes	(breakdown not available)						11,536
Livingston	0	967	2,866	6,525	1,125	602	12,085
Irvine	0	412	1,108	2,028	1,285	142	4,975
	1984
East Kilbride	64	3,182	7,843	9,332	1,854	86	22,361
Cumbernauld	137	993	3,898	6,818	1,655	549	14,050
Glenrothes	(breakdown not available)						11,796

development corporations in each of the years 1978–79 to 1984–85, inclusive, and 1985–86 to date, were (i) the number of persons on waiting lists for houses to let at 1 April and 1 October and (ii) the numbers of and sizes of corporation houses at 31 March (a) completed and first let (b) vacated and re-let (c) sold to sitting tenants (d) sold with vacant possession and (e) sold on a shared equity basis.

[pursuant to his reply, 3 July 1985, c. 156]: The replies are: (i) I refer the hon. Member lo the reply I gave on 19 June 1985, at column 133.(ii) This information is not readily available in the form requested. The available information is set out in the following tables:

	1 APT	2 APT	3 APT	4 APT	5 APT	6+APT	Total
Livingston	0	973	2,875	6,555	1,125	608	12,136
Irvine	0	452	1,108	2,029	1,285	142	5,016
	1985
East Kilbride	64	3,182	7,843	9,332	1,854	86	22,361
Cumbernauld	137	1,005	3,925	6,851	1,659	550	14,127
Glenrothes	(breakdown not available)						11,850
Livingston	0	973	2,878	6,557	1,125	615	12,148
Irvine	10	473	1,114	2,031	1,295	142	5,065
	1985–86 (to 30 June)
East Kilbride^†	64	3,182	7,843	9,332	1,854	86	22,361
Cumbernauld	137	1,005	3,939	6,869	1,659	550	14,159
Glenrothes	(breakdown not available)						11,850
Livingston	0	0	0	0	0	0	12,148
Irvine	10	473	1,114	2,031	1,303	142	5,073
^* Inclusive of houses and flats
^*Position at 31 May 1985 in the case of East Kilbride

Homes first let during financial year
	1978–79	1979–80	1980–81	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84	1984–85	^1985–86 to 30 June*
East Kilbride	0	0	134	99	38	370	0	0
Cumbernauld	435	390	150	269	192	0	58	30
Glenrothes	306	466	326	458	151	260	54	0
Livingston	416	871	471	185	291	51	12	0
Irvine	266	438	160	392	52	41	28	13
Houses vacated during financial year
East Kilbride	645	567	487	504	604	448	404	73
Cumbernauld	479	526	543	494	493	444	405	99
Glenrothes	694	791	683	644	715	796	700	728
Livingston	1,005	1,007	1,055	1,085	1,160	1,115	928	317
Irvine	475	370	493	632	600	428	429	72
Houses relet during financial year
East Kilbride	614	604	435	501	606	432	433	77
Cumbernauld	983	888	1,014	1,032	1,059	787	782	200
Glenrothes	1,082	961	1,002	922	1,045	973	893	749
Livingston	1,147	740	1,176	904	1,004	925	1,469	426
Irvine	462	400	510	515	627	590	466	83
(d) Houses sold to sitting tenants during financial year
East Kilbride	78	589	647	767	598	765	627	92
Cumbernauld	311	707	367	528	353	388	429	101
Glenrothes	127	448	176	274	389	572	403	102
Livingston	45	63	154	170	185	336	260	46
Irvine	0	0	21	13	75	74	94	24
Houses sold with vacant possession during financial year
East Kilbride	44	23	9	16	21	16	9	2
Cumbernauld	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Glenrothes	15	83	17	27	33	53	100	16
Livingston	11	4	8	0	30	54	0	0
Irvine	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Houses sold on a shared equity basis during financial year
Nil
^* Position at 31 May 1985 in the case of East Kilbride

Volume 83: debated on Monday 22 July 1985