§ Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many houses in Scotland were built before 1875; how many were built before 1916; what proportion of these figures represent of the total number of houses; and what proportion of the total population live in such houses.
§ Mr. RossOf some 1,750,000 houses in Scotland roughly 700,000 were built before 1916 and 200,000 of these before 1875. Until I have the results of the housing survey which has been carried out I cannot give more precise figures or estimate accurately how many people live in these houses.