To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he plans any increase in housing provisional capital allocations, 1988–89, for Ettrick and Lauderdale district council.

On 28 March my right hon. and learned Friend announced details of the final housing capital allocations for all district and island councils. These included increased allocations of £1·8 million on the HRA block and £0·65 million on the non-HRA block for Ettrick and Lauderdale district.