§ Mr. McElhoneasked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what is the total number of houses built for disabled people under Section 3 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act by Scottish local authorities, to the most recent available date;
136Wreceiving (a) home-help service, (b) meals in the home and (c) meals at centres in each year 1970 to 1974.
§ Mr. William RossI do not have the information in the precise form requested. The information available is set out in the table below.
(3) how many persons aged 25 to 46 years in Scotland live in (a) accommodation built before 1919, (b) in accommodation without a fixed bath, (c) an inside toilet and (d) central heating; and what proportion these numbers represent of the total number of persons aged 25 to 44 years.
§ Mr. William RossThe information is not available in the form requested. The table below is derived from the General Household Survey 1973, which used a sample of some 2,400 persons in Scotland, and relates to households headed by persons of each age group. As the number of households sampled is small, particularly of those headed by persons of 80 years or over, allowance should be made for large sampling errors.
(2) how many houses have been built under Section 3 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act by the cities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, and Dundee, respectively.
§ Mr. William RossThis information is not available centrally. Since the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 came into operation I have 137W approved plans for the provision by local authorities of 438 purpose-built houses for disabled people. These include two for disabled people in Glasgow, eight in Edinburgh and 13 in Aberdeen. Dundee has submitted no plans for the provision of such housing.
§ Mr. McElhoneasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many local authorities have built, or have submitted plans to build, houses for disabled people under Section 3 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970.
§ Mr. William Ross54 before reorganisation. None of the new authorities has as yet submitted plans to build houses for disabled people.
§ Mr. McElhoneasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many local authorities have responded to his recent circular on housing for the disabled.
§ Mr. William RossNo immediate response was called for. The circular urged local authorities to give greater priority to the needs of physically handicapped people in allocating their housing resources. I hope that, in the longer term, the response will take the form of a substantially increased provision of housing suitable for occupation by handicapped people.