HC Deb 28 July 1983 vol 46 cc610-1W
Mr. Ewing

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the number of women over 60 years of age and men over 65 years in each district council area in Scotland together with the number of sheltered housing units in the same area and also his forecast of the numbers of such persons and the amount of such housing which will be required in each year up to 1990.

Mr. Ancram

[pursuant to his reply, 25 July 1983, c. 331]: The available information is shown in the following table.

There is no recommended level of provision for sheltered housing and it is for each authority to determine needs in the light of local circumstances. The guideline for provision is 50 sheltered places per 1,000 elderly—aged 65 and over.

Local authority No. of sheltered units at 31.3.82 Population of pensionable age* (thousand)
Projected population (1979 based)
Estimate at 30.6.82 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
Argyll and Bute 112 13.6 12.3 12.1 11.8 11.7 11.5 11.4 11.2 11.0 10.9
Bearsden and Milngavie 150 5.9 5.9 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.9
Clydebank 136 8.6 8.4 8.4 8.4 8.4 8.5 8.5 8.4 8.4 8.3
Clydesdale 113 9.1 8.9 8.9 8.9 9.0 9.1 9.1 9.1 9.2 9.2
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 169 5.9 5.3 5.4 5.6 5.7 5.9 6.1 6.3 6.2 6.7
Cumnock and Doon Valley 80 6.9 7.1 7.2 7.2 7.4 7.5 7.5 7.6 7.6 7.6
Cunninghame 291 22.0 20.7 20.8 20.8 21.1 21.2 21.4 21.5 21.6 21.7
Dumbarton 182 12.0 11.9 11.9 11.8 11.9 12.0 12.0 12.0 12.1 12.1
East Kilbride 189 9.4 8.4 8.7 8.9 9.3 9.6 10.1 10.5 11.0 11.4
Eastwood 126 9.1 9.3 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.5 9.6 9.6 9.7 9.7
City of Glasgow 1,538 144.3 150.3 147.5 144.8 143.3 141.5 139.5 136.7 134.4 131.5
Hamilton 320 14.8 14.8 14.9 14.9 15.1 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 15.7
Inverclyde 225 16.5 16.8 16.8 16.7 16.8 16.9 17.0 17.0 17.0 16.9
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 123 13.5 13.5 13.5 13.5 13.7 13.8 13.8 13.8 13.8 13.8
Kyle and Carrick 257 21.8 20.5 20.5 20.4 20.5 20.6 20.7 20.7 20.8 20.8
Monklands 180 14.8 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.7 15.9 16.1 16.2 16.2 16.3
Motherwell 371 23.3 23.1 23.1 23.2 23.4 23.5 23.7 23.7 23.7 23.7
Renfrew 323 31.1 31.0 31.3 31.4 31.9 32.2 32.6 32.9 33.2 33.5
Strathkelvin 85 10.8 10.7 10.8 10.9 11.1 11.3 11.5 11.6 11.8 11.9
Angus 389 17.9 17.1 17.1 17.1 17.1 17.2 17.2 17.2 17.1 17.1
City of Dundee 1,573 33.5 33.9 33.8 33.8 34.1 34.2 34.4 34.4 34.5 34.5
Perth and Kinross 282 24.6 22.9 22.8 22.7 22.8 22.9 22.9 22.9 22.8 22.8
Orkney 36 3.7 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.2
Shetland 238 3.7 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.1
Western Isles 138 6.8 6.3 6.2 6.1 6.0 5.9 5.8 5.8 5.7 5.6
SCOTLAND 12,849 876.5 864.9 862.0 858.9 863.3 865.6 866.7 865.6 864.4 863.1
* Males aged 65 and over: females aged 60 and over.