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Mr. Raynsford
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will set out the total number of new homes started by (a) local authorities and new towns and (b) housing associations in Scotland in each year since 1974, and his estimate of the likely number of starts in 1995 and 1996. [37492]
Mr. Raymond S. Robertson
The information requested on the number of new homes started is set out in the table. Housing associations plan to start 6,155 houses in 1995–96 and 193 new town starts are expected during 1995 and 1996. Information on planned local authority starts is not held centrally.
| New housebuilding starts—Scotland, 1974 to 1994 | |||
| Local authorities | New towns | Housing associations | |
| 1974 | 16,324 | 2,600 | 660 |
| 1975 | 12,326 | 3,683 | 592 |
| 1976 | 7,578 | 2,665 | 1,362 |
| 1977 | 5,829 | 1,673 | 629 |
| 1978 | 4,185 | 2,202 | 1,365 |
| 1979 | 4,858 | 984 | 963 |
| 1980 | 2,770 | 1,155 | 1,261 |
| 1981 | 1,929 | 733 | 1,051 |
| 1982 | 2,585 | 765 | 2,446 |
| 1983 | 2,141 | 194 | 1,068 |
| 1984 | 1,755 | 126 | 1,239 |
| 1985 | 1,693 | 190 | 1,487 |
| 1986 | 1,671 | 141 | 1,414 |
| 1987 | 2,145 | 374 | 1,988 |
| 1988 | 1,433 | 495 | 2,068 |
| 1989 | 871 | 680 | 2,748 |
| 1990 | 886 | 720 | 2,111 |
| 1991 | 848 | 134 | 3,448 |
| 1992 | 429 | 395 | 3,051 |
| 1993 | 503 | 429 | 5,062 |
| 1994 | 544 | 208 | 4,807 |