§ Mr. Dewarasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many persons, according to the latest available information supplied by local authorities in their housing plans and checklists were (a) on Scottish local authorities 289W active waiting lists at 31 March 1981 and (b) on Scottish local authorities active waiting lists in priority need at 31 March 1982.
§ Mr. Allan StewartI refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to the hon. Members for Glasgow, Cathcart (Mr. Maxton) and Berwick and East Lothian (Mr. Home Robertson) on 17 November 1982.—[Vol. 32, c.272].
§ Mr. Dewarasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many houses in each Scottish authority (a) required
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Number of dwellings requiring treatment for: Number of dwellings expected to be treated in the period 1982–88 for: Estimated costs of treatment in the period 1982–88 for: Condensation Rising or penetrating damp Condensation Rising or penetrating damp Condensation Rising or penetrating damp £ million £ million Berwickshire 201 — 201 — 0.40 — Ettrick and Lauderdale 60 40 60 40 0.020 0.025 Roxburgh 300 — 300 — 0.60 — Tweeddale 196 — * * * * Clackmannan 514 40 514 40 0.112 0.015 Falkirk 7,000 220 3,000 100 0.927 0.0015 Stirling 6,628 250 6,628 250 2.3 0.75 Annandale and Eskdale 293 20 293 20 0.03 0.01 Nithsdale 1,050 50 1,050 150 0.067 0.1 Stewartry * * * * * * Wigtown 480 120 480 120 0.267 0.24 Dunfermline 3,930 15 3,000 170 0.7 0.27 Kirkcaldy 152 — * — * — North East Fife 500 — 400 — * — City of Aberdeen * * 1,700 * 12.0 7.0 Banff and Buchan 120 — * — * — Gordon * * * * * * Kincardine and Deeside 200 — 200 — 0.025 — Moray 262 262 262 262 * * Badenoch and Strathspey 10 10 — — — — Caithness 50 20 50 20 0.1 0.2 Inverness 3,500 20 1,350 20 1.8 0.02 Lochaber * * * * * * Nairn * * * * * * Ross and Cromarty 1,058 55 1,058 55 0.422 0.006 Skye and Lochalsh — — — — — — Sutherland 300 — 300 — 0.9 — East Lothian 25 6 25 * 0.00875 * City of Edinburgh * * * * * * Midlothian * * * * * * West Lothian 3,526 — 3,526 — 6.0 — Argyll and Bute 1,373 — 180 — 0.51 — Bearsden and Milngavie * * * * * * Clydebank 1,500 100 1,500 100 1.5 0.1 Clydesdale 200 — 200 — 0.05 — Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 500 — 288 — 0.298 — Cumnock and Doon Valley 870 1,947 300 700 0.5 0.7 Cunninghame 900 — 900 — 0.09 — Dumbarton 861 2,699 861 2,699 0.68 0.65 East Kilbride 4 — — — — — Eastwood — — — — — — City of Glasgow 19,600 — 19,600 — 5.36 — Hamilton 17,348 1,157 8,674 347 1.302 * Inverclyde 2,269 2,395 2,269 2,079 4.5 9.0 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 6,000 100 1,500 500 2.25 0.25 Kyle and Carrick 4,000 178 4,000 178 6.0 1.25 Monklands 700 500 700 500 0.38 0.10 Motherwell 5,000 2,000 5,000 2,000 10.5 0.25 Renfrew 26,000 392 15,000 * * * Strathkelvin 232 14 232 14 0.084 0.017 Angus 3,000 100 900 30 0.1 0.01 City of Dundee 19,641 50 9,000 240 1.8 0.06 Perth and Kinross 200 — 200 — 0.5 — Orkney — — — — — — Shetland 400 400 400 400 0.25 0.75 Western Isles 250 50 125 16 0.1875 0.024 * Not available. treatment for (i) condensation and (ii) rising or penetrating damp and (b) expected to be treated in the period 1982 to 1988 for (i) condensation and (ii) rising or penetrating damp; and what were the estimated costs of such treatment for each authority according to latest housing plans and check lists.
§ Mr. Allan StewartOur latest information, which is still incomplete, is given in the following table. These figures are estimates provided by local authorities.
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§ Mr. Dewarasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many pre-1940 local authority dwellings there are in each authority; and how many of these have been modernised.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe information available to me is given in the following table. The figures are estimates provided by local authorities.
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Pre-1940 local authority dwellings at 31 March 1982 District Authority Number Number Modernised Borders Berwickshire 589 589 Ettrick and Lauderdale 704 704 Roxburgh 1,547 1,129 Tweedale 619 509 Central Clackmannan n/a n/a Falkirk 9,383 3,815 Stirling 2,960 894 Dumfries and Galloway Annandale and Eskdale 516 334 Nithsdale 2,243 159 Stewartry n/a n/a Wigtown 936 936 Fife Dunfermline 5,284 3,977 Kirkcaldy 8,757 6,632 North East Fife 2,311 744 Grampian City of Aberdeen 8,055 7,172 Banff and Buchan 2,000 1,000 Gordon n/a n/a Kincardine and Deeside 567 *614 Moray 1,912 — Highland Badenoch and Strathspey 59 7 Caithness 852 542 Inverness 1,628 674 Lochaber n/a n/a Nairn n/a n/a Ross and Cromarty 564 492 Skye and Lochalsh 133 — Sutherland 240 150 Lothian East Lothian 5,579 5,462 City of Edinburgh n/a n/a Midlothian n/a n/a West Lothian 5,466 5,011 Strathclyde Argyll and Bute 1,293 921 Bearsden and Milngavie n/a n/a Clydebank 2,862 2,600 Clydesdale 1,355 1,355 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 1,690 1,690 Cumnock and Doon Valley 3,008 1,030 Cunninghame 6,393 6,353 Dumbarton 2,692 643 East Kilbride 513 365 Eastwood — — City of Glasgow 56,670 25,966 Hamilton 6,334 4,266 Inverclyde 6,176 6,176 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 5,500 2,410 Kyle and Carrick 4,629 4,629 Monklands 9,573 5,235 Motherwell 11,554 7,449 Renfrew 12,705 2,887 Strathkelvin 2,857 2,857
District Authority Number Number Modernised Tayside Angus 2,330 2,150 City of Dundee 8,590 4,628 Perth and Kinross 3,650 3,650 Orkney Islands area 266 — Shetland Islands area 469 n/a Western Isles Islands area 325 64 Scotland 214,338 128,870 n/a Not available. * Includes houses now sold.
§ Mr. Dewarasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many non-traditional local authority dwellings pre-war and immediate post-war up to 1955 there are in each authority in Scotland; and how many of these have been modernised in each authority.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe best available information—which consists of local authority estimates—is given in the following table. Following the statement of my hon. Friend the Minister for Housing and Construction on 8 February 1983, my Department is hoping to obtain up-to-date figures relating to houses of precast reinforced concrete construction.—(Vol. 36, c.893–94].
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Non-traditional local authority dwellings at 31 March 1982 (pre-war and immediate post-war up to 1955) District authority Number Number modernised Borders Berwickshire 137 116 Ettrick and Lauderdale 84 34 Roxburgh 193 28 Tweeddale 89 — Central Clackmannan N/A N/A Falkirk 1,400 284 Stirling 2,877 50 Dumfries and Galloway Annandale and Eskdale 417 268 Nithsdale 605 56 Stewartry N/A N/A Wigtown 520 185 Fife Dunfermline 2,268 413 Kirkcaldy 3,724 — North East Fife 172 — Grampian City of Aberdeen 2,357 341 Banff and Buchan 2,000 — Gordon N/A N/A Kincardine and Deeside 145 *152 Moray 188 35 Highland Badenoch and Strathspey 10 — Caithness 185 — Inverness 20 — Lochaber N/A N/A Nairn N/A N/A Ross and Cromarty 97 88 Skye and Lochalsh 90 — Sutherland 168 36
District authority Number Number modernised Lothian East Lothian 1,034 116 City of Edinburgh N/A N/A Midlothian N/A N/A West Lothian 2,033 103 Strathclyde Argyll and Bute 484 58 Bearsden and Milngavie N/A N/A Clydebank 2,370 776 Clydesdale 1,124 1,124 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 397 173 Cumnock and Doone Valley 2,827 624 Cunninghame 3,923 244 Dumbarton 2,930 — East Kilbride 37 37 Eastwood — — City of Glasgow 4,526 1,512 Hamilton 1,096 90 Inverclyde 490 250 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 275 72 Kyle and Carrick 10 — Monklands 788 102 Motherwell 3,957 342 Renfrew 1,040 100 Strathkelvin 629 434 Tayside Angus 480 130 City of Dundee 3,289 498 Perth and Kinross 845 40 Orkney Islands area 69 — Shetland Islands area 143 N/A Western Isles Islands area 258 8 Scotland 52,800 8,919 * Includes houses now sold. N/A Not available.