HC Deb 28 November 1980 vol 994 cc192-4W
Mr. Gordon Wilson

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in the Official Report the number of sheltered housing places available in Scotland, giving a breakdown by responsible district authorities.

Mr. Rifkind

Information on the number of sheltered houses provided by each district council, and the number of bed spaces, is given in the table below.

A further 2,157 sheltered houses — 3,043 bed spaces—located in various districts are provided by the Scottish Special Housing Association, new town development corporations and housing associations. Details will be published shortly in Scottish Housing Statistics.

Sheltered Housing* by Local Authority at 31 March 1980
Local Authority No. of sheltered dwellings No. of Bed spaces
Scotland‡ 6,407 10,971
Borders 228 326
Berwickshire 42 58
Ettrick and Lauderdale 91 116
Roxburgh‡ 53 68
Tweeddale‡ 42 84
Central 392 759
Clackmannan 56 98
Falkirk‡ 147 283
Stirling 189 378
Dumfries and Galloway 80 144
Annandale and Eskdale 28 56
Nithsdale 22 28
Stewartry 25 50
Wigtown 5 10
Fife 352 549
Dunfermline 171 245
Kirkcaldy 105 160
North East Fife 76 144
Grampian 905 1,541
City of Aberdeen 576 991
Banff and Buchan 108 162
Gordon 107 186
Kincardine and Deeside 48 78
Moray 66 124
Highland 268 516
Badenoch and Strathspey 17 34
Caithness 71 142
Inverness 68 136
Lochaber‡ 6 12
Nairn 22 34
Ross and Cromarty 76 150
Skye and Lochalsh
Sutherland 8 8
Lothian 287 531
East Lothian 34 68
City of Edinburgh 210 400
Midlothian 22 35
West Lothian 21 28
Strathclyde 2,461 4,282
Argyll 39 51
Bearsden and Milngavie 118 224
Clydebank 40 84
Clydesdale 99 184
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 140 280
Cumnock and Doon Valley 60 114
Cunninghame 233 357
Dumbarton 76 125
East Kilbride 24 48
Eastwood 60 77
City of Glasgow 449 845
Hamilton 156 316
Inverclyde 151 252
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 123 133
Kyle and Carrick 205 353
Monklands 111 193
Motherwell 205 410
Renfrew 164 184
Strathkelvin 20 40
Tayside 1,178 1,846
Angus 213 398
City of Dundee 875 1,270
Perth and Kinross 90 178
Islands Councils

Local Authority No. of sheltered dwellings No. of Bed spaces†
Orkney Islands 10 20
Shetland Islands 192 353
Western 54 104

* Including sheltered wheelchair housing.

†The term "bed spaces" means the maximum number of persons for whom the dwelling is designed.

‡ Where 1980 figures are not available, the most recent information has been used.