To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will provide a breakdown of allocations of money over £10,000 made under the New Housing Partnership in the financial year 1997–98 indicating allocations over £10,000 already made under the New Housing Partnership for financial years 1998–99 and 1999–2000, and further indicating (a) the amount allocated to running costs and (b) the total funds available for each of the next three financial years. [65954]

[holding answer 18 January 1999]: The information is contained in the table.

New Housing Partnership Allocations
£000
Councils	1997–98	1998–99
Aberdeen City	367	330
Aberdeenshire	223	65
Angus	190	—
Argyll and Bute	207	—
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	146	56
Clackmannanshire	157	780
Dumfries and Galloway	276	100
Dundee City	424	3,275
East Ayrshire	306	1,261
East Dunbartonshire	181	68
East Lothian	186	2,945
East Renfrewshire	157	25
Edinburgh City	731	7,718
Falkirk	360	200
Fife	175	125
Glasgow City	1,578	9,415
Highland	306	992
Inverclyde	241	33
Midlothian	190	—
Moray	162	20
North Ayrshire	249	82
North Lanarkshire	718	1,752
Orkney Islands	120	—
Perth and Kinross	231	187
Renfrewshire	371	93
Scottish Borders	167	135
Shetland Island	127	200
South Ayrshire	247	—
South Lanarkshire	436	750
Stirling	211	311
West Dunbartonshire	285	15
West Lothian	272	2,630

Allocations for New Housing Partnership projects have still to be made over the three years from 1999. It is not possible to differentiate between capital and running costs. Earmarked sums for each of the three years are:

	£ million
1999–2000	23
2000–2001	95
2001–2002	160

From 1 July 1999 this will be a matter for the Scottish Parliament.