§ Mr. Sydney Chapmanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT his Department's estimate of the total number of dwellings in Scotland, and the breakdown of those numbers by type and ownership.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellThe estimated numbers of dwellings in each tenure group at December 1972 were:
Rented from local authorities, New Towns and SSHA 969,000 Owner-occupied 567,000 Rented from private owners 175,000 Other tenures 118,000 Total Scotland 1,829,000 Corresponding figures for dwelling type are not available. The following estimated percentage breakdown of households in each dwelling type is based on the General Household Survey for 1972:
Percentage of all households in dwelling type Detached house 12 Semi-detached house 21 Terraced house 24 Purpose-built flat (including walk-up tenement/flat) 37 Other flat/rooms (including all multi-household ratetable units) 5 Others (part of business premises etc.) 1