§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the number of households which applied to be classed as homeless, by local authority, in each year from 1978–79.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information requested is set out in the table: 249W
District 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 11984–85 11985–86 11986–87 CENTRAL 760 522 461 541 798 880 2,175 2,090 2,063 Clackmannan 202 270 235 278 294 247 262 490 652 Falkirk 207 117 94 133 152 176 1,553 1,600 1,401 Stirling1 351 135 132 130 352 457 360 — 10 DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY 415 369 331 378 313 337 355 348 369 Annandale and Eskdale 41 79 56 93 58 77 58 55 38 Nithsdale 267 172 158 187 167 166 174 171 185 Stewartry 38 51 54 54 68 64 95 73 76 Wigtown 69 67 63 36 20 30 28 49 70 FIFE 958 768 652 710 718 774 865 1,455 1,431 Dunfermline 435 258 268 290 301 261 321 551 461 Kirkcaldy 340 320 180 237 220 255 265 505 546 North East Fife 183 190 204 183 197 258 259 399 424 GRAMPIAN 944 1,057 1,095 957 945 855 983 1,599 2,311 Aberdeen 730 844 874 746 715 657 708 1,236 1,853 Banff and Buchan 60 25 19 27 13 7 23 46 69 Gordon 56 28 30 22 21 24 57 57 55 Kincardine and Deeside 20 20 13 16 18 21 22 18 37 Moray 78 140 159 146 178 146 173 242 297 HIGHLAND 334 428 409 439 434 465 439 394 476 Badenoch and Strathspey 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Caithness 28 8 8 13 8 2 1 2 0 Inverness 158 288 265 274 275 346 305 273 297 Lochaber 38 33 35 91 79 50 58 42 93 Nairn 36 35 31 21 44 45 18 24 27 Ross and Cromarty 29 23 34 12 0 0 21 14 19 Skye and Lochalsh 23 39 32 28 28 22 36 39 40 Sutherland 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 LOTHIAN 1,506 1,402 1,402 1,842 1,650 1,467 1,928 2,765 3,226 East Lothian 222 221 169 263 272 257 338 566 586 Edinburgh 685 771 880 945 996 896 1,151 1,609 2,127 Midlothian 204 172 146 332 218 211 223 342 270 West Lothian 395 238 207 302 172 103 216 248 243 STRATHCLYDE 10,020 9,964 9,761 10,243 10,780 9,832 12,324 13,306 12,678 Argyll and Bute 327 242 141 142 148 180 246 386 294 Bearsden and Milngavie 10 7 0 0 0 23 60 65 59 Clydebank1 188 127 105 180 124 170 365 281 109 Clydesdale 115 78 32 29 23 20 26 46 95 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth1 231 114 170 195 312 37 392 375 318 Cumnock and Doon Valley 55 39 29 26 33 35 59 46 47 Cunninghame 347 296 242 276 291 275 327 320 314 Dumbarton 303 289 273 312 348 362 486 839 906 East Kilbride 312 211 304 236 257 255 306 431 440 Eastwood 5 8 5 9 8 9 12 7 7 Glasgow1 4,391 4,926 5,171 5,049 5,686 5,082 5,806 6,834 5,630 Hamilton 399 417 350 500 362 481 538 425 359 Inverclyde 307 300 360 370 329 329 334 358 415 Kilmarnock and Loudoun1 70 72 113 162 83 71 296 278 151 Kyle and Carrick 256 184 130 265 260 260 713 518 591 Monklands 491 430 424 500 471 267 305 403 521 Motherwell 882 1,127 990 962 994 1,007 1,082 1,105 992 Renfrew1 1,135 805 703 736 826 695 699 1,245 1,129 Strathkelvin 196 292 219 294 225 268 272 224 301 TAYSIDE 828 705 587 652 728 735 1,120 1,337 1,463 Angus 205 167 100 120 189 153 212 224 309 Dundee 322 275 195 188 189 210 432 662 682 Perth and Kinross 301 263 292 344 358 372 476 451 472 ORKNEY ISLANDS 8 12 4 11 6 11 12 11 6 SHETLAND ISLANDS 79 62 53 68 69 85 80 98 77 WESTERN ISLES 80 84 49 42 40 38 32 29 47 1 Based on incomplete returns.
§ Mr. HumeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what information is available to indicate the levels of public expenditure in Scotland in meeting responsibilities to the homeless.
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§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonIt is not possible to separate out in the way requested public expenditure incurred in meeting the needs of the homeless.
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§ Mr. HumeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what information is available to indicate the number of homeless households in Scotland in a given week.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information held centrally does not identify the number of homeless households in a given week.