HC Deb 15 April 1980 vol 982 cc589-90W
Mr. Heddle

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many units of wheelchair housing have been started by local authorities, excluding new towns in Scotland in each quarter of the last three years.

Mr. Rifkind

The information available about wheelchair dwellings completed in the public sector is as follows:

NUMBER OF DWELLINGS COMPLETED
Wheelchair (including sheltered wheelchair) housing
Stock at 31 March 1979 440
1979 second quarter* 13
1979 third quarter† 4
1979 fourth quarter‡ 13
* Based on returns from 50 authorities.
† Based on returns from 48 authorities.
‡Based on returns from 44 authorities.

Mr. Heddle

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many units of wheelchair housing have been started by new towns in Scotland in each quarter of the last three years.

Mr. Alexander Fletcher

The information about starts given in the table below excludes units started in each calendar year by adaptation of existing houses:

New Town Total
East Kilbride Nil
Glenrothes:
First quarter 1978 6 6
Cumbernauld Nil
Livingston:
Second quarter 1977 5 5
Irvine:
Second quarter 1977 7
Fourth quarter 1977 6
Second quarter 1978 16 29
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