HC Deb 23 June 1937 vol 325 cc1212-3W
Mr. Graham

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether the housing overcrowding survey in Scotland has now been completed; and, if so will he state the position of the local authorities from which returns had not been received at the date of the publication of Command Paper No. 5171?

Mr. Elliot

When Command Paper No. 5171 was issued there were 12 county councils in Scotland from which over- crowding survey returns had not been received. All but two of these, namely Orkney and Shetland, have now been

STATEMENT referred to.
Local Authority. Number of Houses Surveyed. Number and Sizes of Habitable Houses found to be Overcrowded. Number of Families Overcrowded.* Number of Overcrowded Houses belonging to Local Authorities.
Number of Apartments. Total.
1 2 3 4 5 6 and over.
Aberdeen Co. 27,602 578 563 652 111 28 2 1,934 2,825 91
Angus 10,551 159 719 361 14 — — 1,253 1,253 11
Argyll 10,069 56 550 232 34 1 — 873 901 10
Dumfries 8,663 6 796 375 42 2 — 1,221 1,684 15
Fife 24,253 234 4,187 1,759 159 12 6 6,357 6,873 402
Inverness 11,227 26 288 436 54 5 — 809 876 39
Peebles 1,791 7 151 46 8 1 — 213 171 3
Ross 13,308 155 1,103 399 121 3 — 1,781 1,781 5
West Lothian 9,926 211 2,383 700 79 5 2 3,380 4,326 267
Wigtown 4,522 5 133 176 13 1 — 328 495 —
Local Authority. Number and Sizes of Habitable Empty Houses. Number and Sizes of New Houses estimated to be required.† Number of New Houses proposed to be provided by Local Authorities during the years 1936–1938 inclusive.
Number of Apartments. Total. Number of Apartments. Total.
1 2 3 4 5 6 and over 3 4 5 6 and over
Aberdeen Co. 92 23 41 26 33 33 248 331 599 85 11 1,026 Not yet submitted.
Angus 158 224 165 48 28 68 691 117 417 49 — 583 Not yet submitted.
Argyll 34 269 164 89 47 64 667 166 211 53 3 433 52
Dumfries — 1 — — — — 1 249 513 131 15 908 Not yet submitted.
Fife 46 205 97 24 11 13 396 1,548 1,931 400 3 3,882 Not yet submitted.
Inverness Not available 185 422 106 11 724 Not yet submitted.
Peebles 4 14 9 6 2 — 35 64 53 2 2 121 36
Ross 41 132 150 213 81 108 725 82 60 17 1 160‡ Not yet submitted.
West Lothian 6 18 11 8 1 4 48 1,074 1,067 231 16 2,388 1,280
Wigtown 4 22 85 27 16 55 209 88 167 38 2 295 20
* Includes overcrowded families living in uninhabitable houses.
† Excludes 605 houses of one apartment and 78 houses of two apartments estimated to be required.
‡ Does not include requirements for Crofters, Squatters and Tied Houses.