HC Deb 11 February 1998 vol 306 c271W
Mr. Welsh

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each unitary local authority the number of council houses affected by(a) dampness and (b) condensation at 31 March 1996. [28982]

Mr. Macdonald

The table sets out local authorities' estimates of the position, as at 31 March 1996.

Local authority dwellings affected by dampness and/or condensation: estimates as at 31 March 1996
Dampness only Condensation only Both dampness and condensation
Aberdeen City 1,585 3,462 201
Aberdeenshire 64 1,480 0
Angus 2 625 0
Argyll and Bute 601 577 1,137
Clackmannan 386 175 329
Dumfries and Galloway1
Dundee City 596 8,605 570
East Ayrshire 1,373 7,159 1,823
East Dunbartonshire 683 77 392
East Lothian 625 0 1,408
East Renfrewshire 100 359 304
Edinburgh City 1,851 10,045 4,053
Falkirk 2,381 4,286 2,488
Fife 15 5,218 10
Glasgow City 15,821 25,340 14,824
Highland 1,169 3,400 653
Inverclyde 483 0 2,797
Midlothian 0 0 0
Moray 89 805 87
North Ayrshire 294 1,357 0
North Lanarkshire 10,164 17,473 13,725
Orkney 0 0 0
Perthshire and Kinross 122 1,843 388
Renfrewshire 3,152 3,193 1,897
Scottish Borders 61 44 157
Shetland 26 462 20
South Ayrshire 553 7,398 733
South Lanarkshire 191 1,805 2,020
Stirling 130 1,111 329
West Dunbartonshire 1,592 2,946 693
West Lothian 2,017 864 0
Western Isles 818 604 557
Scotland 46,944 110,713 51,595
1 Figures not available.