HC Deb 30 March 1971 vol 814 c347W
Mr. Mackintosh

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the average

Households lacking a WC Number Percentage of households Households lacking a bath Number Percentage of households
Scotland … 200,000 12 340,000 21
England … 3,425,000 24 2,765,000 19

Mr. Mackintosh

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what progress has so far been made towards the targets of renovated houses and new house building set in the Cullingworth Report; and what estimate he has made of the number of years that will be taken at the current rate of renovation and building to eradicate the problems indicated by that Report.

Mr. Gordon Campbell

Since the Report was published about 70,000 houses have been closed or demolished in Scotland. There are now perhaps 200,000 houses which fail to reach the statutory tolerable standard. The time taken to deal with them will vary from area to area, as local authorities clear or improve houses which do not meet the tolerable standard.