§ Mr. Robin F. Cookasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the number of houses below the tolerable standard and the number of privately rented and owner-occupied houses in each district and island authority in Scotland at the latest available date.
§ Mr. William RossReliable information is not presently available.
§ Mr. Robin F. Cookasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what were the number of unfit houses demolished or closed in each authority in Scotland in the first half of 1975–76.
§ Mr. William RossThe numbers reported to me in this period were as follows:
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Local Authority No. of houses Highland Region Caithness 27 Sutherland — Ross and Cromarty — Skye and Lochalsh 2 Lochaber — Inverness 2 Badenoch and Strathpsey — Nairn 2 Total 33 Grampian Region Moray 9 Banff and Buchan 7 Gordon — City of Aberdeen 74 Kincardine and Deeside 2 Total 92 Tayside Region Angus — City of Dundee 500 Perth and Kinross 118 Total 618 Fife Region Kirkcaldy 13 NE Fife — Dunfermline — Total 13
Local Authority No. of houses Lothian Region West Lothian — City of Edinburgh 326 Midlothian — Total 326 Central Region Clackmannan 4 Stirling 2 Falkirk 102 Total 108 Borders Region Tweeddale — Ettrick and Lauderdale — Total — Dumfries and Galloway Region Wigtown — Nithsdale 5 Annandale and Eskdale 3 Stewartry 1 Total 9 Strathclyde Region Argyll 12 Dumbarton — City of Glasgow 3193 Clydebank 252 Strathkelvin — Cumbernauld 9 Monklands 7 Motherwell 71 Hamilton 194 East Kilbride — Eastwood — Lanark 47 Inverclyde 111 Kilmarnock and Loudonn 14 Cumnock and Doon Valley 10 Total 3,920 Shetlands Islands Area 11 Orkney Islands Area — Total Scotland 5,130 No returns were received in respect of the following areas—
- East Lothian
- Roxburgh
- Berwickshire
- Bearsden and Milngavie
- Renfrew
- Cunninghame
- Kyle and Carrick
- Western Islands Area.
§ Mr. Robin F. Cookasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what were the number of houses acquired by each authority in Scotland in the first half of 1975–76 569W for purposes other than demolition, and the number estimated to be below the tolerable standard.
§ Mr. William RossInformation is not available about the number of houses acquired in the first half of 1975–76 speci-
District/Islands Authority Number of acquired houses included in improvement schemes approved in the first half of 1975–76 Number of houses in (b) estimated to be below the tolerable standard Number of new houses acquired from private builders Aberdeen10 … … … … 10 10 — Angus … … … … 26 26 9 Argyll and Bute … … … … 6 6 — Dumbarton … … … … 6 — — Edinburgh … … … … 1 1 — Glasgow … … … … 388 388 — Kirkcaldy … … … … 4 4 — Kyle and Carrick … … … … 3 2 — Nithsdale … … … … 6 6 — North East Fife … … … … 4 4 — Renfrew … … … … 51 51 — Roxburgh … … … … — — 29 Shetland Isles … … … … 12 12 — Sutherland … … … … 3 3 — West Lothian … … … … 4 4 — Total … … … … 524 517 38