§ Mr. William Hannanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what response he has had to his request to local authorities to consider afresh the need for more sheltered housing and residential homes; and if he will provide a list of those local authorities and the number of such houses they have undertaken to build.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellSince July 1970, when I first urged local authorities to build sheltered housing, local authorities have informed me of plans to build 595 such houses, as follows:
Authority No. of houses Counties Aberdeen … … … 86 Argyll … … … 10 Ayr … … … 15 Inverness … … … 7 Renfrew … … … 52 Roxburgh … … … 9 Sutherland … … … 12 Cities Dundee … … … 27 Burghs Barrhead … … … 24 Brechin … … … 19 Cumbernauld … … … 32 Denny … … … 14 Dunfermline … … … 25 Eyemouth … … … 21 Forfar … … … 32 Girvan … … … 29 Irvine … … … 22 Jedburgh … … … 11 Johnstone … … … 15 Maybole … … … 37 Pitlochry … … … 25 Stewarton … … … 21 Troon … … … 50 The approved social work building programme for 1972 to 1974 provides for the construction of about 60 homes for old people, providing some 2,000 places.