§ Mr. Cookasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the type, age and tenure of the dwellings in Scotland below the tolerable standard, and an estimate of the number of dwellings in Scotland below the tolerable standard that are (a) vacant (b) suitable for improvement and (c) suitable for demolition.
§ Mr. RifkindThe information available is shown in the table below. It is extracted from returns submitted by local authorities and relates to the situation at March 1979.
Housing below the tolerable standard at March 1979 Number of Dwellings below the tolerable standard Total Number 120,315 Dwelling type Houses 24.090 Flats 74,115 Maisonettes 480 Not known 21,630 Age of dwelling Before 1919 83,026 1919–1945 3,972 1946 or later 225 Not known 33,092 Tenure a. Public sector Local authority 3,185 New town 26 SSHA 37 Housing association 890 Other public sector 701 b. Private sector Owner occupied 33,031 Private rented 25,573 Not known 56,872 It is estimated that some 92,000 are suitable for improvement and some 10,000 appropriate 424W for demolition but information under these heads is not complete. Nor is information available on the number of dwellings which are vacant.