§ Mrs. Ray MichieTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing levels of rent arrears for public sector housing in Scotland as a whole and in each district and islands area on 30 September 1988, expressed as an average figure for each house in each district.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information available is shown in the table.
Information on the rent arrears for 10 local authorities has yet to be received centrally. Information on the rent arrears for the Scottish Special Housing Association by distruct and islands area is not held centrally. The average rent arrears per dwelling has been calculated as the rent arrears divided by the total number of dwellings owned by the authority concerned.
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Public sector rent arrears as at 30 September 1988 Total arrears £
Arrears per dwelling £
SCOTLAND1 20,018,624 28.05 Local authority1 17,021,809 28.65 Berwickshire 254,638 22.26 Ettrick and Lauderdale 40,664 10.14 Roxburgh1 Tweeddale1 Clackmannan 800,903 93.48 Falkirk 667,830 22.71 Stirling 635,700 53.76 Annandale and Eskdale 121,708 25.25 Nithsdale 322,710 43.85 Stewartry 31,137 13.49 Wigtown1 Dunfermline 669,523 34.98 Kirkcaldy1 North East Fife 117,675 18.17 Aberdeen 1,144,379 31.04
Total arrears Arrears per dwelling £ £ Banff and Buchan 277,064 24.21 Gordon 76,225 14.00 Kincardine and Deeside 48,878 13.83 Moray 105,555 10.52 Badenoch and Strathspey 17,900 17.11 Caithness1 Inverness 3 — Lochaber1 Nairn 3 — Ross and Cromarty 268,364 44.15 Skye and Lochalsh1 Sutherland 29,279 17.20 East Lothian 416,583 29.93 Edinburgh 1,709,041 34.71 Midlothian 279,632 25.73 West Lothian 239,049 11.96 Argyll and Bute 167,810 21.37 Bearsden and Milngavie 126,374 73.69 Clydebank1 Clydesdale 191,031 20.73 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 446,934 110.76 Cumnock and Doon Valley 391,219 41.42 Cunninghame 304,415 14.27 Dumbarton 2445,232 37.68 East Kilbride 40,059 31.25 Eastwood 38,237 22.09 Glasgow1 Hamilton 487,120 22.59 Inverclyde 318,000 17.72 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 214,026 13.22 Kyle and Carrick 333,026 20.80 Monklands 958,767 35.18 Motherwelll 1,063,807 28.66 Renfrew 1,226,984 33.78 Strathkelvin 459,718 48.77 Angus 117,843 9.32 724W
Public sector rent arrears as at 30 September each year 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Scotland 4,943,914 5,619,382 8,488,067 12,896,778 17,999,570 18,858,844 19,943,204 24,292,244 26,658,649 20,018,624 Local authority 4,375,020 4,682,104 7,017,812 9,919,681 15,971,913 16,686,283 17,698,066 21,966,354 24,441,926 17,021,809 Berwickshire 24,293 22,961 234,247 2 55,879 244,605 245,155 243,397 243,122 240,908 2 54,638 Ettrick and Lauderdale 12,890 10,906 13,523 14,014 21,459 19,995 28,780 29,262 29,501 40,664 Roxburgh 38,598 49,821 67,614 .. .. 174,046 162,267 173,475 158,920 3— Tweeddale 2,717 2,101 3,248 8,473 12,110 14,402 19,568 12,658 9,950 3— Clackmannan 62,920 60,264 92,383 157,867 147,174 173,128 169,583 368,792 501,064 800,903 Falkirk 281,022 338,343 421,078 640,725 421,024 674,110 604,830 491,071 477,299 667,830 Stirling 89,824 96,658 153,093 402,377 443,475 227,983 362,592 418,550 466,600 635,700 Annandale and Eskdale 17,103 19,995 .. 69,716 52,249 61,142 89,947 101,650 99,888 121,708 Nithsdale 28,553 33,280 61,379 89,040 96,713 152,370 138,123 129,156 126,891 322,710 Stewartry 5,818 8,706 18,809 24,723 16,567 16,835 16,908 17,985 27,523 31,137 Wigtown 5,369 7,279 8,557 15,511 23,990 34,417 67,272 65,421 99,446 1— Dunfermline 106,133 126,795 281,336 389,444 433,504 500,260 466,974 456,911 460,340 669,523 Kirkcaldy 70,689 102,946 192,646 388,602 444,831 345,345 381,896 419,969 462,442 1— North East Fife 13,243 21,035 36,143 43,036 41,662 40,806 63,600 92,419 67,633 117,675 Aberdeen 174,718 232,148 329,117 424,941 402,889 349,788 568,992 646,109 802,565 1,144,379 Banff and Buchan 52,340 48,153 81,875 199,277 184,417 249,430 194,557 274,032 253,788 277,064 Gordon 20,789 26,467 36,242 41,405 39,293 37,882 38,498 47,485 64,638 76,225 Kincardine and Deeside 13,136 10,457 18,671 23,819 18,934 23,939 25,599 31,892 38,669 48,878 Moray 21,409 34,408 52,675 54,649 22,872 66,867 41,825 49,232 48,770 105,555 Badenoch and Strathspey 5,107 4,142 9,343 11,543 6,726 13,380 11,981 6,300 12,838 17,900 Caithness 4,497 8,637 24,352 27,121 23,402 38,013 26,307 36,932 37,836 1— Inverness 73,339 105,008 141,133 122,953 187,956 118,166 137,154 115,401 143,103 3— Lochaber 20,315 22,133 63,095 61,733 95,406 80,679 87,700 63,778 43,327 1— Nairn 704 644 988 5,499 6,873 8,152 5,170 6,090 7,385 3— Ross and Cromarty 43,818 6,196 43,618 47,452 160,649 172,515 214,453 150,633 170,923 268,364 Skye and Lochalsh 4,600 6,433 13,613 6,020 9,764 26,771 24,687 36,315 38,418 1— Sutherland 11,157 7,565 15,055 22,482 16,173 20,052 14,254 17,155 17,429 29,279 East Lothian 57,358 62,040 96,900 141,596 159,527 222,861 213,935 206,100 231,065 416,583 Edinburgh 544,806 591,718 731,832 1,003,598 708,035 870,160 993,270 1,039,067 1,147,598 1,709,041 Midlothian 85,050 122,307 166,607 218,276 159,700 240,090 244,054 246,430 247,049 279,632 West Lothian 59,414 79,167 194,169 182,969 225,515 142,937 150,568 158,751 163,544 239,049 Argyll and Bute 48,953 50,983 141,173 140,237 107,823 67,632 65,299 109,379 73,676 167,810 Bearsden and Milngavie 13,300 7,946 14,295 22,131 25,830 26,507 30,484 36,884 42,126 126,374
Total arrears £
Arrears per dwelling £
Dundee 1,019,368 26.94 Perth and Kinross 188,615 13.14 Orkney Islands1 Shetland Islands 111,934 43.42 Western Isles 296,853 123.12 New Towns 1,202,975 29.28 Cumbernauld 201,464 27.45 East Kilbride 230,889 17.49 Glenrothes 2422,405 60.45 Irvine 115,910 26.57 Livingston 232,307 25.25 SSHA 1,793,840 22.86 1 Return outstanding. 2 Includes rate arrears. 3 Information not available.
§ Mrs. Ray MichieTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing levels of rent arrears for public sector housing in Scotland as a whole and in each district and islands area on 30 September for each year since 1979.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information is shown in the table. Information on the rent arrears at 30 September 1988 for 10 local authorities has yet to be received centrally. Information on the rent arrears for the Scottish Speicial Housing Association by district and islands area is not held centrally. Because of changes in the way in which rent arrears are measured, the information for 1984 to the present is not strictly comparable with that for the years before 1984.
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1980 £
1981 £
1982 £
1983 £
1984 £
1985 £
1986 £
1987 £
1988 £
Clydebank 72,610 112,739 214,211 296,105 536,768 493,906 516,541 482,332 455,683 1— Clydesdale 30,000 38,000 60,000 78,864 81,720 82,432 73,984 95,067 117,243 191,031 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 28,501 39,778 76,965 126,902 155,271 184,060 394,358 468,279 537,420 446,934 Cumnock and Doon Valley 21,576 34,000 72,871 182,418 120,354 179,872 269,013 256,228 311,903 391,219 Cunninghame 121,445 150,000 220,000 300,000 250,000 240,000 170,000 190,000 256,818 304,415 Dumbarton 126,004 135,056 282,197 441,016 373,451 274,636 2486,617 2541,136 2421,723 2445,232 East Kilbride 15,540 11,758 19,605 28,996 35,152 36,219 35,536 34,093 32,312 40,059 Eastwood 4,839 11,850 20,785 22,580 19,827 12,269 25,392 29,737 35,173 38,237 Glasgow 3— 3— 3— 3— 5,676,000 5,588,000 5,814,000 8,486,000 9,550,000 1— Hamilton 96,155 165,412 129,112 228,830 263,416 259,883 537,661 362,352 428,508 487,120 Inverclyde 127,265 102,812 194,371 264,180 220,455 189,380 254,159 349,931 264,764 318,000 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 58,942 64,971 84,675 115,900 99,776 89,120 113,144 270,924 190,345 214,026 Kyle and Carrick 62,170 69,122 101,086 116,376 157,530 160,209 189,839 186,576 220,143 333,026 Monklands 514,410 282,545 350,990 580,595 483,120 700,399 594,509 732,748 671,501 958,767 Motherwell 417,852 325,683 533,719 600,000 600,000 958,178 743,287 589,200 935,361 1,063,807 Renfrew 199,671 243,608 422,132 533,010 403,755 377,534 463,214 606,478 766,543 1,226,984 Strathkelvin 97,534 187,293 110,981 317,678 321,649 306,909 468,721 369,178 723,992 459,718 Angus 30,964 33,616 65,569 87,396 78,758 83,988 94,055 110,693 99,175 117,843 Dundee 299,663 194,693 254,179 348,166 673,877 687,826 488,398 920,579 1,113,017 1,019,368 Perth and Kinross 3— 48,153 99,542 104,896 160,431 124,072 132,890 107,807 111,454 188,615 Orkney Islands 20,805 18,742 27,099 36,269 26,020 26,859 34,091 39,833 50,878 1— Shetland Islands 15,092 19,250 28,397 52,396 82,436 89,496 94,614 121,296 92,685 111,934 Western Isles 3— 65,381 90,517 3— 391,000 285,221 4— 5517,000 441,133 296,853 New Towns 287,599 349,572 558,046 829,057 789,014 874,722 874,153 832,412 922,372 1,202,975 Cumbernauld 75,973 78,611 88,717 108,535 127,152 138,861 108,053 131,246 143,184 201,464 East Kilbride 4114,157 4132,525 4240,853 4383,331 292,270 316,631 174,644 161,093 167,179 230,889 Glenrothes 42,117 51,777 117,877 175,822 220,045 260,786 271,953 266,367 313,304 2422,405 Irvine 20,944 39,996 22,555 57,877 55,293 37,924 56,595 78,196 101,116 115,910 Livingston 34,408 46,663 88,044 103,492 94,254 120,520 262,908 195,510 197,589 232,307 SSHA 281,295 587,706 912,209 2,148,040 1,238,643 1,297,839 1,370,985 1,493,478 1,294,351 1,793,840 1 Return outstanding. 2 Includes Rate Arrears. 3 Information not available. 4 Figures for 1979–82 include Stonehouse New Town. 5 Includes unprocessed housing benefit awards.