§ Mr. BrakeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of housing has been built on(a) recycled and (b) green field land in each of the last 12 years by county and region in Scotland. [32427]
§ Mr. MacdonaldWhile this information is not held centrally at present, research will be commissioned shortly to advise on how best it might be collected for current local authority areas in Scotland.
Derelict Land Vacant Land Total Vacant and Derelict Authority Area (ha) % of area No. of Sites Area (ha) % of area No. of Sites Area (ha) % of area No. of Sites Aberdeen City 5 2 8 15 4 22 20 3 30 Aberdeenshire1 7 2 13 2 1 4 9 1 17 Angus 2 1 5 5 1 3 8 1 8 Argyll and Bute 1 0 1 11 3 11 12 2 12 Clackmananshire 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 Dundee City1 16 5 19 36 9 47 52 8 66 East Dunbartonshire 0 0 0 5 1 7 5 1 7 East Lothian 2 1 3 2 1 3 4 1 6 East Renfrewshire 1 0 2 9 2 15 10 1 17 Edinburgh, City of 3 1 4 33 8 20 36 5 24 Falkirk 4 1 7 36 9 27 41 6 34 Fife 8 3 14 2 1 8 10 1 22 Glasgow City 48 16 25 81 21 75 129 19 100 Inverclyde 0 0 1 7 2 16 7 1 17 Moray 3 1 4 2 1 4 5 1 8 North Ayrshire 4 1 4 8 2 8 12 2 12 North Lanarkshire 110 38 48 36 9 18 146 21 66 Perthshire and Kinross 4 1 2 1 0 1 5 1 3 Scottish Border1 4 1 11 9 2 12 13 2 23 Renfrewshire 0 0 1 23 6 29 24 3 30 Shetland Islands 2 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 South Ayshire 3 1 2 15 4 10 17 2 12 South Lanarkshire 58 20 29 26 7 35 84 12 64 Stirling 2 1 2 3 1 3 4 1 5 West Dunbartonshire 7 2 7 19 5 7 26 4 14 Western Isles1 0 0 0 10 3 4 10 1 4 Scotland 293 100 215 395 100 391 688 100 606 1The figures for Scottish Borders, Aberdeenshire, Dundee and the Western Isles are since the 1994 survey, as they contain district areas that did not participate in the 1995 survey. Notes:
1. Figures relate to 1996 and may not sum due to rounding.
2. The figures for Dumfries and Galloway, East Ayrshire, Highland, Midlothian and West Lothian are not included as they were unable to participate in the 1996 survey.