HC Deb 07 February 1951 vol 483 c218W
Sir W. Darling

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when was the last Scottish Housing Survey undertaken by the Department of Health and the local authorities; and what were the figures for housing need in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee, so disclosed.

Mr. McNeil

A survey of overcrowding in Scotland was carried out in 1935. This disclosed a need for 46,633 additional houses in Glasgow, 11,155 in Edinburgh, 5,367 in Aberdeen and 7,552 in Dundee, to relieve overcrowding then existing.