§ Mr. Cookasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report the number of dwellings acquired in each of the last five years by each island or district council in Scotland (a) for slum clearance, (b) for demolition
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DWELLINGS ACQUIRED 1 APRIL 1979–31 MARCH 1980 BY LOCAL AUTHORITY Local Authority For slum clearance Other demolition For improvement/ conversion and reletting For improvement/ conversion and resale For homeless persons Other Total SCOTLAND (total of returns submitted) 518 493 564 30 17 288 1,910 BORDERS Berwickshire* — 1 — — — — 1 Ettrick and Lauderdale — — — — — 3 3 Roxburgh† Tweeddale† CENTRAL Clackmannan — — 9 1 — — 10 Falkirk 4 — 19 — — — 23 Stirling† DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY Annandale and Eskdale* — — — — — — — Nithsdale — — 205 — 1 8 214 Stewartry — — — — — 2 2 Wigtown* — — — — — — — FIFE Dunfermline* — — — — — 4 4 Kirkcaldy — 48 50 — — 37 135 North East Fife* — — 1 — — — 1 GRAMPIAN City of Aberdeen 27 9 46 — — 58 140 Banff and Buchan 12 — 1 — — 3 16 Gordon — — — — — 2 2 Kincardine and Deeside — — — — — — — Moray — — — — — — — HIGHLAND Badenoch and Strathspey* — — 1 — — — 1 Caithness — — — — — 1 1 Inverness — 1 — — — — 1 Lochaber — — — — — — — Nairn — — 1 — — — 1 Ross and Cromarty — — 2 — — 5 7 Skye and Lochalsh — — 2 — — — 2 Sutherland — 1 2 — — 2 5 LOTHIAN East Lothian — 5 1 — — 14 20 City of Edinburgh* 152 1 10 — — 14 177 Midlothian — 1 131 — — 4 136 West Lothian — 2 3 2 — 10 17 STRATHCLYDE Argyll and Bute* 1 4 — — — 1 6 Bearsden and Milngavie* — — — — — — — Clydebank 27 8 — — — — 35 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth* — — — — — — — Cumnock and Doon Valley* — — — — — — — other than slum clearance, (c) for improvement or conversion and reletting, (d) for improvement or conversion and resale and (e) to accommodate homeless persons.
§ Mr. RifkindThe information requested is available only for the period 1 April 1979 to 31 March 1980, and is shown in the table below :
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Local Authority For slum clearance Other demolition For improvement/ conversion and reletting For improvement/ conversion and resale For homeless persons Other Total Cunninghame† Dumbarton* … … — 26 — — — 1 27 East Kilbride … … — — 4 — 1 — 5 Eastwood … … — — — — — 1 1 City of Glasgow* … 213 243 — — — 34 490 Hamilton* … … 11 — 2 — — 1 14 Inverclyde … … 2 — — 13 — — 15 Kilmarnock and Loudoun* — — — — — 9 9 Kyle and Carrick … — — — — — — — Lanark … … 6 — — 1 14 5 26 Monklands … … — — — 6 — 7 13 Motherwell … … — 1 — — — 1 2 Renfrew … … 12 4 61 5 — 22 104 Strathkelvin* … … — — — — — — — TAYSIDE Angus … … — — 10 — — 32 42 City of Dundee … … 51 113 1 2 — 5 172 Perth and Kinross* … — 25 1 — — 2 28 ISLANDS COUNCILS Orkney* … … — — 1 — — — 1 Shetland … … — — — — 1 — 1 Western Isles … … — — — — — — — * Returns from this authority not complete. † No returns submitted by this authority