HC Deb 31 July 1978 vol 955 cc46-8W
Mr. Robin F. Cook

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many unfit houses were demolished or closed by each authority in 1977–78.

Mr. Hugh D. Brown

Local authorities reported the following:

Borders Region
Berwickshire 18
Ettrick and Lauderdale 9
Central Region
Clackmannan 3
Falkirk 85
Stirling 6
Dumfries and Galloway Region
Annandale and Eskdale 26
Nithsdale 19
Stewartry 17
Fife Region
Dunfermline 58
Kirkcaldy 70
North East Fife 2
Highland Region
Caithness 57
Inverness 12
Nairn 3
Ross and Cromarty 3
Sutherland 2
Grampian Region
City of Aberdeen 50
Kincardine and Deeside 18
Moray 25
Lothian Region
East Lothian 41
City of Edinburgh 262
Midlothian 5
West Lothian 18

Discretionary grants
Region District Conversion Improvement Standard grants Grants for repairs only* Total cost
Number Number Number Number £
Borders Berwickshire 10 31 1 53,786
Ettrick and Lauderdale 9 28 4 50,079
Roxburgh 18 83 6 152,961
Tweeddale 5 13 5 29,988
Central Clackmannan 2 37 40,115
Falkirk 72 60,798
Stirling 12 59 5 108,079
Dumfries and Annandale and Eskdale 23 33,646
Galloway Nithsdale 7 97 2 139,428
Stewartry 33 38,404
Wigtown 4 41 52,332
Fife Dunfermline 17 111 209,661
Kirkcaldy 15 121 10 127,163
North East Fife 16 89 3 88,569
Grampian City of Aberdeen 27 426 5 3 528,983
Banff and Buchan 11 119 2 196,944
Gordon 10 81 4 142,057
Kincardine and Deeside 4 60 4 123,852
Moray 23 144 1 180,661
Highland Badenoch and Strathspey 8 12,182
Caithness 4 74 99,938
Inverness 4 41 2 64,283
Lochaber 7 8,328
Nairn 8 3 12,779
Ross and Cromarty 94 121,602
Skye and Lochalsh 23 1 27,260
Sutherland 1 49 11 79,899

Strathclyde Region
Argyll 40
Clydebank 83
Cumnock and Doon Valley 1
Cunninghame 126
Dumbarton 4
East Kilbride 1
Eastwood 10
City of Glasgow 2,513
Inverclyde 87
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 58
Kyle and Carrick 8
Lanark 28
Motherwell 66
Renfrew 83
Strathkelvin 5
Tayside Region
Angus 12
City of Dundee 148
Perth and Kinross 56
Shetland 16
Western Isles 19
All Scotland Total 4,173