§ Mr. Gregor MacKenzieasked the Secretary of Slate for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report (a) a list of district councils providing houses specially constructed for the elderly, (b) the number of such houses, by district and (c) the number provided by housing associations and voluntary organisations; and if he is satisfied with the progress currently being made.
§ Mr. YoungerThe provision of housing for the elderly by district councils and housing associations at 31 March 1981 is given in the following table, based on returns from local authorities. In addition, just over 1,000 dwellings have been provided by new towns and the Scottish Special Housing Association. I have no information on provision by voluntary organisations other than housing associations.
There are clearly considerable needs still to be met but I welcome the progress that has been possible in recent years.
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Provision of Housing for the Elderly Local Authority Housing Associations Scotland 10,594 2,890 BORDERS Berwickshire 50 35 Ettrick and Lauderdale 91 97 Roxburgh 105 .. Tweeddale 46 .. CENTRAL Clackmannan 56 72 Falkirk* 147 .. Stirling 449 140 DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY Annandale and Eskdale 51 .. Nithsdale 22 24 Stewartry 128 .. Wigtown 78 .. FIFE Dunfermline 171 .. Kirkcaldy 331 36 North East Fife 122 .. GRAMPIAN City of Aberdeen 1,832 111 Banff and Buchan 221 .. Gordon 107 .. Kincardine and Deeside 92 56 Moray 74 90 HIGHLAND Badenoch and Strathspey 17 24 Caithness 83 .. Inverness 129 .. Lochabar 10 .. Nairn 22 .. Ross and Cromarty 76 .. Skye and Lochalsh 8 .. Sutherland 24 .. LOTHIAN East Lothian 45 48 City of Edinburgh 215 981 Midlothian 22 .. West Lothian 264 160 STRATHCLYDE Argyll and Bute 71 70 204W
Local Authority Housing Associations Bearsden and Milngavie 118 32 Clydebank 81 .. Clydesdale 149 14 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 217 .. Cumnock and Doon Valley 293 .. Cunninghame 292 .. Dumbarton 76 51 East Kilbride 66 30 Eastwood 199 72 City of Glasgow† 477 114 Hamilton 314 40 Inverclyde 302 60 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 189 .. Kyle and Carrick 312 .. Monklands 113 .. Motherwell 226 34 Renfrew 164 31 Strathkelvin 50 64 TAYSIDE Angus 239 82 City of Dundee 1,113 174
Local Authority Housing Associations Perth and Kinross 109 118 ORKNEY ISLANDS AREA 22 .. SHETLAND ISLANDS AREA 226 .. WESTERN ISLES ISLANDS AREA 88 30 * 1981 information not available, figures from 1976 Survey have been used. † 1981 information not available, figures from 1980 returns have been used. .. Information not available.