§ Mr. Reidasked 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 RossSheltered 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.
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§ Mr. Reidasked 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 RossIn 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. Reidasked 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 RossTo 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.