HC Deb 11 April 1983 vol 40 cc288-93W
Mr. Dewar

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many persons, according to the latest available information supplied by local authorities in their housing plans and checklists were (a) on Scottish local authorities active waiting lists at 31 March 1981 and (b) on Scottish local authorities active waiting lists in priority need at 31 March 1982.

Mr. Allan Stewart

I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to the hon. Members for Glasgow, Cathcart (Mr. Maxton) and Berwick and East Lothian (Mr. Home Robertson) on 17 November 1982.—[Vol. 32, c.272].

Mr. Dewar

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many houses in each Scottish authority (a) required

Number of dwellings requiring treatment for: Number of dwellings expected to be treated in the period 1982–88 for: Estimated costs of treatment in the period 1982–88 for:
Condensation Rising or penetrating damp Condensation Rising or penetrating damp Condensation Rising or penetrating damp
£ million £ million
Berwickshire 201 201 0.40
Ettrick and Lauderdale 60 40 60 40 0.020 0.025
Roxburgh 300 300 0.60
Tweeddale 196 * * * *
Clackmannan 514 40 514 40 0.112 0.015
Falkirk 7,000 220 3,000 100 0.927 0.0015
Stirling 6,628 250 6,628 250 2.3 0.75
Annandale and Eskdale 293 20 293 20 0.03 0.01
Nithsdale 1,050 50 1,050 150 0.067 0.1
Stewartry * * * * * *
Wigtown 480 120 480 120 0.267 0.24
Dunfermline 3,930 15 3,000 170 0.7 0.27
Kirkcaldy 152 * *
North East Fife 500 400 *
City of Aberdeen * * 1,700 * 12.0 7.0
Banff and Buchan 120 * *
Gordon * * * * * *
Kincardine and Deeside 200 200 0.025
Moray 262 262 262 262 * *
Badenoch and Strathspey 10 10
Caithness 50 20 50 20 0.1 0.2
Inverness 3,500 20 1,350 20 1.8 0.02
Lochaber * * * * * *
Nairn * * * * * *
Ross and Cromarty 1,058 55 1,058 55 0.422 0.006
Skye and Lochalsh
Sutherland 300 300 0.9
East Lothian 25 6 25 * 0.00875 *
City of Edinburgh * * * * * *
Midlothian * * * * * *
West Lothian 3,526 3,526 6.0
Argyll and Bute 1,373 180 0.51
Bearsden and Milngavie * * * * * *
Clydebank 1,500 100 1,500 100 1.5 0.1
Clydesdale 200 200 0.05
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 500 288 0.298
Cumnock and Doon Valley 870 1,947 300 700 0.5 0.7
Cunninghame 900 900 0.09
Dumbarton 861 2,699 861 2,699 0.68 0.65
East Kilbride 4
Eastwood
City of Glasgow 19,600 19,600 5.36
Hamilton 17,348 1,157 8,674 347 1.302 *
Inverclyde 2,269 2,395 2,269 2,079 4.5 9.0
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 6,000 100 1,500 500 2.25 0.25
Kyle and Carrick 4,000 178 4,000 178 6.0 1.25
Monklands 700 500 700 500 0.38 0.10
Motherwell 5,000 2,000 5,000 2,000 10.5 0.25
Renfrew 26,000 392 15,000 * * *
Strathkelvin 232 14 232 14 0.084 0.017
Angus 3,000 100 900 30 0.1 0.01
City of Dundee 19,641 50 9,000 240 1.8 0.06
Perth and Kinross 200 200 0.5
Orkney
Shetland 400 400 400 400 0.25 0.75
Western Isles 250 50 125 16 0.1875 0.024
* Not available.

treatment for (i) condensation and (ii) rising or penetrating damp and (b) expected to be treated in the period 1982 to 1988 for (i) condensation and (ii) rising or penetrating damp; and what were the estimated costs of such treatment for each authority according to latest housing plans and check lists.

Mr. Allan Stewart

Our latest information, which is still incomplete, is given in the following table. These figures are estimates provided by local authorities.

Mr. Dewar

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many pre-1940 local authority dwellings there are in each authority; and how many of these have been modernised.

Mr. Allan Stewart

The information available to me is given in the following table. The figures are estimates provided by local authorities.

Pre-1940 local authority dwellings at 31 March 1982
District Authority Number Number Modernised
Borders
Berwickshire 589 589
Ettrick and Lauderdale 704 704
Roxburgh 1,547 1,129
Tweedale 619 509
Central
Clackmannan n/a n/a
Falkirk 9,383 3,815
Stirling 2,960 894
Dumfries and Galloway
Annandale and Eskdale 516 334
Nithsdale 2,243 159
Stewartry n/a n/a
Wigtown 936 936
Fife
Dunfermline 5,284 3,977
Kirkcaldy 8,757 6,632
North East Fife 2,311 744
Grampian
City of Aberdeen 8,055 7,172
Banff and Buchan 2,000 1,000
Gordon n/a n/a
Kincardine and Deeside 567 *614
Moray 1,912
Highland
Badenoch and Strathspey 59 7
Caithness 852 542
Inverness 1,628 674
Lochaber n/a n/a
Nairn n/a n/a
Ross and Cromarty 564 492
Skye and Lochalsh 133
Sutherland 240 150
Lothian
East Lothian 5,579 5,462
City of Edinburgh n/a n/a
Midlothian n/a n/a
West Lothian 5,466 5,011
Strathclyde
Argyll and Bute 1,293 921
Bearsden and Milngavie n/a n/a
Clydebank 2,862 2,600
Clydesdale 1,355 1,355
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 1,690 1,690
Cumnock and Doon Valley 3,008 1,030
Cunninghame 6,393 6,353
Dumbarton 2,692 643
East Kilbride 513 365
Eastwood
City of Glasgow 56,670 25,966
Hamilton 6,334 4,266
Inverclyde 6,176 6,176
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 5,500 2,410
Kyle and Carrick 4,629 4,629
Monklands 9,573 5,235
Motherwell 11,554 7,449
Renfrew 12,705 2,887
Strathkelvin 2,857 2,857

District Authority Number Number Modernised
Tayside
Angus 2,330 2,150
City of Dundee 8,590 4,628
Perth and Kinross 3,650 3,650
Orkney
Islands area 266
Shetland
Islands area 469 n/a
Western Isles
Islands area 325 64
Scotland 214,338 128,870
n/a Not available.
* Includes houses now sold.

Mr. Dewar

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many non-traditional local authority dwellings pre-war and immediate post-war up to 1955 there are in each authority in Scotland; and how many of these have been modernised in each authority.

Mr. Allan Stewart

The best available information—which consists of local authority estimates—is given in the following table. Following the statement of my hon. Friend the Minister for Housing and Construction on 8 February 1983, my Department is hoping to obtain up-to-date figures relating to houses of precast reinforced concrete construction.—(Vol. 36, c.893–94].

Non-traditional local authority dwellings at 31 March 1982 (pre-war and immediate post-war up to 1955)
District authority Number Number modernised
Borders
Berwickshire 137 116
Ettrick and Lauderdale 84 34
Roxburgh 193 28
Tweeddale 89
Central
Clackmannan N/A N/A
Falkirk 1,400 284
Stirling 2,877 50
Dumfries and Galloway
Annandale and Eskdale 417 268
Nithsdale 605 56
Stewartry N/A N/A
Wigtown 520 185
Fife
Dunfermline 2,268 413
Kirkcaldy 3,724
North East Fife 172
Grampian
City of Aberdeen 2,357 341
Banff and Buchan 2,000
Gordon N/A N/A
Kincardine and Deeside 145 *152
Moray 188 35
Highland
Badenoch and Strathspey 10
Caithness 185
Inverness 20
Lochaber N/A N/A
Nairn N/A N/A
Ross and Cromarty 97 88
Skye and Lochalsh 90
Sutherland 168 36

District authority Number Number modernised
Lothian
East Lothian 1,034 116
City of Edinburgh N/A N/A
Midlothian N/A N/A
West Lothian 2,033 103
Strathclyde
Argyll and Bute 484 58
Bearsden and Milngavie N/A N/A
Clydebank 2,370 776
Clydesdale 1,124 1,124
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 397 173
Cumnock and Doone Valley 2,827 624
Cunninghame 3,923 244
Dumbarton 2,930
East Kilbride 37 37
Eastwood
City of Glasgow 4,526 1,512
Hamilton 1,096 90
Inverclyde 490 250
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 275 72
Kyle and Carrick 10
Monklands 788 102
Motherwell 3,957 342
Renfrew 1,040 100
Strathkelvin 629 434
Tayside
Angus 480 130
City of Dundee 3,289 498
Perth and Kinross 845 40
Orkney Islands area 69
Shetland Islands area 143 N/A
Western Isles Islands area 258 8
Scotland 52,800 8,919
* Includes houses now sold.

N/A Not available.