HC Deb 13 December 1971 vol 828 cc34-5W
Mr. Sproat

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of the population of Scotland lives in private, furnished and rented accommodation; and what the figures are for Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee, respectively.

Mr. Gordon Campbell

The latest information available, from the Sample Census 1966, shows that the percentage of the total population present in private dwellings on census night, in privately rented furnished accommodation, was 1.4 per cent., 1.4 per cent., 2.8 per cent., 2.3 per cent. and 1.5 per cent. for Scotland, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee respectively.

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