§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many places are provided by each local authority in temporary accommodation for the homeless, both in total and in family units, including the man.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellThe following figures provided by the local authorities show the position at 31st December 1972. These figures exclude bed and breakfast arranged by some local authorities for families, provision for single people and provision made by voluntary organisations.
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Area Total Places Places in Family Units Counties Aberdeen and Kincardine — — Angus — — Argyll 2 2 Ayr —* — Banff — — Berwick — — Bute — — Caithness — — Clackmannan 40* 40* Dumfries 4 — Dunbarton 35*† 35*† Fife — — Inverness 6 6 Kirkcudbright — — Lanark 50* 30* Midlothian, East Lothian and Peebles 15 15 Moray and Nairn — — Orkney — — Perth and Kinross — — Renfrew —* — Ross and Cromartsy — — Roxburgh — — Selkirk — — Stirling 15* 15* Sutherland — — West Lothian — — Wigtown 5 5 Zetland 6 6 Cities Aberdeen 6 — Dundee 8 8 Edinburgh 298* 298* Glasgow 60 60 Large Burghs Airdrie — — Arbroath — — Ayr — — Clydebank 14† 14*† Coatbridge — — Dumbarton 14† 14*† Dumfries — — Dunfermline 7 — East Kilbride — — Falkirk 6 — Greenock and Port Glasgow — — Hamilton 10 —
Area Total Places Places in Family Units Inverness — — Kilmarnock — — Kirkcaldy 9 — Motherwell and Wishaw 4 — Paisley 2 — Perth 51* 51* Rutherglen — — Stirling — — * Number of places is variable. Figure stated is number of occupants at 31st December 1972. † Figure includes in each case 14 places in a joint user establishment shared by Dunbarton County and Clydebank and Dumbarton Burghs.