§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) how many (a) local authority and (b) private houses have been standing empty for up to one year and over one year, respectively, in the city of Edinburgh housing area;
(2) what is the latest estimate of the number of homeless people in the city of Edinburgh housing area; and what proportion of this number is (a) single homeless, (b) single parents, (c) disabled, (d) mentally or physically handicapped and (e) elderly;
47W(3) how many (a) local authority and (b) private houses have been built in the city of Edinburgh housing area in each of the past five years catering to the special needs of (a) single people, (b) single parents, (c) mentally or physically handicapped and (d) the elderly.
§ Mr. Allan StewartInformation on these matters is not collected centrally. The hon. Member should refer to the district council for information of this kind.
§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many (a) local authority and (b) private houses were rehabilitated in each of the past five years in the city of Edinburgh housing area.
§ Mr. Allan StewartFor up-to-date and detailed information of this kind the hon. Member should refer to the district council. The most recent relevant information available to me is set out in the table below:
Edinburgh Local Authority Improvements Edinburgh Private Sector Improvement Grants Paid Year Modernisation Rehabilitation Total Total No. of dwellings 1977 2,492 136 2,628 2,174 1978 2,395 48 2,443 2,149 1979 318 — 318 1,972 1980 309 15 324 2,499 1981 360 47 407 4,283
Places in Education Authority and Grant-aided Nursery Schools Regions 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 Borders 163 212 236 276 276 Central 540 880 960 1,210 1,390 Dumfries and Galloway 125 125 126 146 126 Fife 1,835 2,221 2,280 2,502 2,572 Grampian 1,545 1,615 1,658 2,105 2,052 Highland 125 140 280 397 409 Lothian 5,061 5,159 5,264 5,390 5,670 Strathclyde 9,508 10,342 10,200 11,037 11,487 Tayside 1,317 1,280 1,420 1,566 1,483 Orkney 50 — 70 70 75 Shetland — — 30 90 60 Western Isles 80 150 120 120 90 SCOTLAND 20,349 22,124 22,644 24,909 25,690 Derived from annual school census returns (September of each year)
Places in day nurseries—local authority and registered (includes voluntary and private) Regions 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 Borders 40 40 40 100 105 Central 344 341 339 343 343 Dumfries and Galloway — — — — — Fife 78 70 69 72 54 Grampian 326 326 300 320 290 Highland — — 7 6 6 Lothian 899 903 904 940 918 Strathclyde 1,682 1,658 1,764 1,769 1,778 Tayside 548 551 523 528 496 Orkney — — — — — Shetland — — — — — Western Isles — — — — 5 SCOTLAND 3,917 3,889 3,946 4,078 3,995 Derived from annual returns submitted by social work departments, voluntary bodies and others (March of each year).
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§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how much money was spent on rehabilitation of local authority housing in the city of Edinburgh housing area in each of the past five years; and what proportion this forms of the total housing budget for that area.
§ Mr. Allan StewartI shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.