HC Deb 31 October 1975 vol 898 cc644-5W
Mr. Reid

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the number of sheltered housing units available in Scotland in each of the last four years.

Mr. William Ross

Sheltered housing schemes approved before 1973 cannot be readily identified. From 1973 approval has been given to the provision by local authorities of the following numbers of places in purpose-built sheltered housing units:

Year Number of Places
1973 386
1974 400
1975 (January to October) 431

In addition, approval has to date been given to the provision by housing associations and the new town development corporations of 860 and 122 places in sheltered housing respectively.

Mr. Reid

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what target he has set for the provision of sheltered housing units for every 1,000 elderly persons in Scotland.

Mr. Wiliam Ross

In 1972 local authorities were asked to aim at achieving a minimum provision of 25 places in sheltered housing for every 1,000 people aged 65 or over by the end of 1974. In a circular on housing needs and strategies issued at the beginning of this month I asked local authorities to undertake comprehensive assessments of housing needs, including those of the elderly, in their areas and to base their future housing strategies on these local assessments.

Mr. Reid

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in the Official Report the number of sheltered housing units currently available in each of the regional and island authorities in Scotland.

Mr. William Ross

To date approval has been given to the provision by local housing authorities, new town development corporations and housing associations of the following numbers of places in purpose-built sheltered housing units:

Authority No. of Places
Borders 133
Central 51
Dumfries and Galloway 28
Fife 246
Grampian 327
Highland 73
Lothian 525
Orkney nil
Strathclyde 1,057
Shetland 20
Tayside 319
Western Isles nil

I have no information about the numbers of places in sheltered housing which have been provided by means of the adaptation of existing buildings.

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