§ Mr. Michael Forsythasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many council-owned houses in each relevant local authority were empty on the most recent convenient date.
§ Mr. AncramThe information requested is estimated from a post-enumeration survey of a 10 per cent. sample of dwellings which were unuccupied on the night of the 1081 census of population. The following table relates to dwellings owned by local authorities, the Scottish special122W housing association and new town development corporations. It is not possible to give figures for local authority-owned properties separately.
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Estimates of vacant public sector dwellings* Number Borders 360 Berwickshire 60 Ettrick and Lauderdale 70 Roxburgh 210 Tweeddale 10 Central 1,300 Clackmannan 350 Falkirk 640 Stirling 310 Dumfries and Galloway 340 Annandale and Eskdale 120 Nithsdale 130 Stewartry 40 Wigtown 60 Fife 1,540 Dunfermline 580 Kirkcaldy 860 North East Fife 110 Grampian 1,020 City of Aberdeen 560 Banff and Buchan 120 Gordon 80 Kincardine and Deeside 60 Moray 190 Highland 610 Badenoch and Strathspey 20 Caithness 120 Inverness 180 Lochaber 60 Nairn 70 Ross and Cromarty 130 Skye and Lochalsh 20 Sutherland 10 Lothian 3,400 East Lothian 190 City of Edinburgh 1,880 Midlothian 210 West Lothian 1,120 Strathclyde 12,410 Argyll and Bute 80 Bearsden and Milngavie 20 Clydebank 220 Clydesdale 130 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 240 Cumnock and Doon Valley 200 Cunninghame 590 Dumbarton 370 East Kilbride 220 Eastwood 30 City of Glasgow 6,100 Hamilton 360 Inverclyde 410 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 600 Kyle and Carrick 290 Monklands 620 Motherwell 710 Renfrew 1,050 Strathkelvin 150 Tayside 1,490 Angus 130 City of Dundee 1,140 Perth and Kinross 220
Number Orkney Islands Area — Shetland Islands Area 80 Western Isles Islands Area 80 Total 22,650 * Dwellings undergoing conversion or renovation and newly built properties awaiting a first occupier are excluded.