HC Deb 27 June 1973 vol 858 c331W
Mr. David Steel

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a list of housing authorities who have so far failed to build any houses to cater for the needs of the disabled.

Mr. Gordon Campbell

Information about the provision of houses for the disabled has been requested from Scottish local authorities, but returns are not yet complete. Since the coming into force of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970, which imposed on local authorities an obligation to consider the housing needs of disabled people, the following 17 authorities have submitted to me schemes which include the provision of houses for the disabled:

Counties

  • Aberdeen, East Lothian, Fife and Orkney.

Large Burghs

  • Coatbridge, Inverness, Kilmarnock, Mother-well and Perth.

Small Burghs

  • Aberfeldy, Barrhead, Eyemouth, Lochgilphead, Melrose, Renfrew, St. Andrew's and Troon.