§ Mr. Allan Stewartasked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will list, for each housing authority in Scotland, from their most recently submitted housing plans (a) the number of new houses currently being provided in both the public and private sectors, (b) the vacancy rate of houses in the district or island area and (c) the estimated new building requirement per annum;
(2) if he will list for each housing authority in Scotland from their most recently submitted housing plans (a) the total number of households in the district or island area and (b) the projected increase in households in the district or island area;
(3) if he will list for each housing authority in Scotland from their most recently submitted housing plans (a) the total number of houses in the district or island area and (b) the number of houses to be demolished.
§ Mr. RifkindThe best available information on all points is shown in the table below. Columns 1–3 derive from either valuation rolls or routine returns from local authorities. Columns 4–8 are based on housing plans and the base years differ between authorities. The column 6 figures relate to the five-year period for housing plans: where blanks occur in columns 4–8 this reflects the form in which the plans were submitted.
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District Authority Number of dwellings Number of public sector dwellings under construction at 31 December 1980 Number of private sector dwellings under construction at 31 December 1980 Number of house to be demolished in plan period Vacancy Rate Used New building requirement in plan period Number of households Projected number of households at end of plan period (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) Lochaber 7,835 18 101 — 13.4 — — — Nairn 3,906 31 24 — 12.0 285 3,410 3,580 Ross and Cromarty 18,323 96 161 — 19.5 — — — Skye and Lochalsh 5,026 34 103 — 28.5 448 3,620 3,500 Sutherland 6,355 13 126 10 22.1 — 4,790 — East Lothian 30,748 79 242 — — 1,283 30,786 32,030 City of Edinburgh 181,437 855 3,623 5,825 5.0 7,725 162,380 176,900 Midlothian 28,998 36 113 44 — 2,757 29,700 33,278 West Lothian 48,350 227 348 235 3.7 4,563 47,533 50,860 Argyll and Bute 29,489 102 151 43 4.0 1,650 22,112 22,682 Bearsden and Milngavie 13,654 27 107 52 0.5 1,423 13,442 14,763 Clydebank 19,387 146 3 600 4.0 190 18,422 17,802 Clydesdale 20,210 36 120 68 4.0 — 20,100 21,500 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 20,302 316 10 — — 1,585 19,500 23,000 Cumnock and Doon Valley 16,180 41 33 78 1.3 652 15,858 16,514 Cunninghame 52,292 685 179 680 4.5 †2,720 48,620 52,090 Dumbarton 29,069 110 216 — 5.0 2,350 27,100 30,400 East Kilbride 27,800 121 112 — — ‡228 27,253 29,100 Eastwood 19,201 44 206 66 4.0 1,413 18,300 19,250 City of Glasgow 300,479 2,394 713 8,960 4.0 7,190 283,490 255,400 Hamilton 37,547 59 231 — 4.8 1,251 35,568 37,700 Inverclyde 36,251 68 153 134 3.4 608 34,260 34,225 Kilmamock and Loudoun 31,388 27 73 749 4.9 2,052 30,371 30,738 Kyle and Carrick 43,022 55 192 200 3.5 1,175 43,242 43,615 Monklands 36,451 119 60 51 2.0 1,502 36,169 37,349 Motherwell 51,432 223 199 512 3.0 2,463 — 51,147 Renfrew 75,843 528 265 1,016 3.2 5,205 72,140 77,100 Strathkelvin 28,194 62 277 126 2.7 2,094 27,000 29,000 Angus 38,355 — 64 95 — 2,700 33,750 35,025 City of Dundee 75,650 426 95 — 3.2 3,955 72,725 74,575 Perth and Kinross 48,931 221 534 150 2.0 3,510 43,304 46,356 Orkney 7,664 44 19 5 4.0 912 8,295 8,409 Shetland 8,186 105 228 — 3.7 — 7,500 8,800 Western Isles 11,957 173 326 — 9.5 1,727 10,263 10,500 * Local authority housing only. † Excludes 2,100 houses to be built by Irvine New Town Development Corporation. ‡ Private sector only; public sector requirement not known.