§ Mr. Russell Johnstonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report the amounts of the housing capital allocation for 1981–82 for each housing authority in Scotland, together with the amounts requested by each authority for such allocations in their respective housing plans.
§ Mr. RifkindFinal allocations for 1981–82 have not yet been determined. They will be issued to authorities next month once the implications of local authorities' decisions about the level of rate fund contributions in 1981–82 have been considered. I shall write to the hon. Member when the allocations have been issued.
§ Mr. Russell Johnstonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report for each local housing authority in Scotland (a) the number of sheltered houses owned and (b) the number of sheltered houses owned per 1,000 of population aged 65 years and over.
§ Mr. Rifkind(a) I refer the hon. Member to my reply on this subject given to the hon. Member for Dundee, East (Mr. Wilson) on 28 November 1980.—[Vol. 994, c. 263]. The figures for Lochaber quoted in the reply have since been updated and should read
10 sheltered dwellings and 30 bed spaces.(b) The information requested is provided in the table below.
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Sheltered housing by local authority at 31 March 1980 Local authority Per 1,000 of population aged 65 years and over No. of sheltered dwellings No. of bed spaces SCOTLAND 8.9 15.3 Borders Region Berwickshire 12.4 17.1 Ettrick and Lauderdale 16.0 20.4 Roxburgh 8.7 11.1 Tweeddale 15.6 31.1
Local authority Per 1,000 of population aged 65 years and over No. of sheltered dwellings No. of bed spaces Central Region Clackmannan 9.8 17.2 Falkirk 8.0 15.5 Stirling 18.3 36.7 Dumfries and Galloway Region Annandale and Eskdale 5.1 10.2 Nithsdale 2.8 3.5 Stewartry 6.6 13.2 Wigtown 1.2 2.3 Fife Region Dunfermline 11.0 15.8 Kirkcaldy 5.4 8.2 North East Fife 6.8 12.9 Grampian Region City of Aberdeen 17.9 30.9 Banff and Buchan 10.0 15.0 Gordon 13.4 23.2 Kincardine and Deeside 8.4 13.7 Moray 6.4 12.0 Highland Region Badenoch and Strathspey 11.3 22.7 Caithness 20.9 41.8 Inverness 9.6 19.2 Lochaber 3.8 11.5 Nairn 14.7 22.7 Ross and Cromarty 17.3 34.1 Skye and Lochalsh — — Sutherland 3.3 3.3 Lothian Region East Lothian 2.9 5.8 City of Edinburgh 2.8 5.4 Midlothian 2.6 4.2 West Lothian 1.8 2.4 Strathclyde Region Argyll and Bute 3.5 4.6 Bearsden and Milngavie 25.1 47.7 Clydebank 6.1 12.7 Clydesdale 13.8 25.6 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 35.0 70.0 Cumnock and Doon Valley 10.9 20.7 Cunninghame 13.8 21.1 Dumbarton 7.9 13.0 East Kilbride 4.0 8.0 Eastwood 7.9 10.1 City of Glasgow 3.5 6.5 Hamilton 13.4 27.2 Inverclyde 11.1 18.5 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 11.2 12.1 Kyle and Carrick 12.0 20.6 Monklands 9.3 17.2 Motherwell 10.5 22.3 Renfrew 6.7 7.5 Stranthkelvin 2.4 4.9 Tayside Region Angus 14.6 27.3 City of Dundee 30.9 44.9 Perth and Kinross 4.6 9.1 Orkney Islands Area 3.3 6.7 Shetlands Islands Area 64.0 117.7 Western Isles Islands Area 9.5 18.2