HC Deb 26 July 1990 vol 177 cc589-90W
Dr. Godman

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the total area of land recovered from dereliction in each district authority area during the last five years; if any formerly listed buildings were demolished in any recovery programmes; what is the present area of dereliction in each district authority area; and by how much the extent of derelict areas has changed, over the past five years, in each of these district authority areas.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

Of the four pieces of information requested, three are not collected centrally. As

Deaths
Heart disease Lung cancer
Health board of residence 1975 1980 1985 1 1989 1975 1980 1985 1 1989
Argyll and Clyde 1,936 2,016 1,922 1,846 307 312 368 397
Ayrshire and Arran 1,601 1,790 1,775 1,571 232 258 277 321
Borders 545 494 520 486 64 78 84 74
Dumfries and Galloway 617 684 689 716 91 85 83 109
Fife 1,398 1,360 1,506 1,432 229 244 243 243
Forth Valley 997 1,008 1,079 1,062 132 183 230 203
Grampian 1,772 1,873 1,978 1,866 266 291 327 318
Greater Glasgow 4,568 4,510 4,298 4,233 1,018 1,085 1,152 1,075
Highland 819 850 833 796 88 113 126 109
Lanarkshire 1,960 2,185 2,272 2,194 325 357 412 411

for present levels of dereliction, I refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Angus, East (Mr. Welsh) on 24 April at column 59.