§ Mr. Foulkesasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the current level of sheltered housing provision, in use, under construction and planned for each district in Scotland; how current and planned provision relates to the recommended level of provision; and what additional proposals are envisaged for each district to take account of the increasing numbers of frail elderly.
§ Mr. Allan StewartInformation about the number of sheltered bedspaces available at 31 march 1982 is given in the following table. No figures for sheltered housing under construction are available. Most local authorities are understood to be planning for a substantial increase in the number of bedspaces in their areas over the next 5 years. In aggregate the provision may double over that period.
There is no recommeneded level of provision. It is for individual local authorities to determine the need for sheltered housing in their areas. In addition to the population structure of each area it will clearly be relevant for authorities to consider the relationship of sheltered housing provision to other aspects of their housing policies which affect the elderly. I am hoping to encourage local authorities to give more thought to that relationship.
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District Authority No. No. per 1,000 persons aged 65 or over at 30 June 1982 Borders Berwickshire 145 44 Ettrick and Lauderdale 122 21 Roxburgh 98 16 Tweedale 84 32 Central Clackmannan 243 43 Falkirk 2,831 15 Stirling 657 64 Dumfries and Galloway Annandale and Eskdale 102 18 Nithsdale 58 7 Stewartry 80 21 Wigtown 10 2 Fife Dunfermline 245 15 Kirkcaldy 259 13 North East Fife 351 31 Grampian City of Aberdeen 1,457 45 Banff and Buchan 237 22 Gordon 272 34 Kincardine and Deeside 191 33 Moray 354 35 Highland Badenoch and Strathspey 82 58 Caithness 188 57 Inverness 268 38 Lochaber 30 12 Nairn 74 50 Ross and Cromarty 184 35 Skye and Lochalsh 36 21 Sutherland 66 27 Lothian East Lothian 216 18 City of Edinburgh 2,163 29 Midlothian 35 4 West Lothian 321 26 Strathclyde Argyll and Bute 189 18 Bearsden and Milngavie 266 55 Clydebank 142 21 Clydesdale 205 28
District Authority No. No. per 1,000 persons aged 65 or over at 30 June 1982 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 324 77 Cumnock and Doon Valley 154 27 Cunninghame 494 29 Dumbarton 281 29 East Kilbride 351 54 Eastwood 152 19 City of Glasgow 1,538 12 Hamilton 637 53 Inverclyde 358 26 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 133 12 Kyle and Carrick 452 26 Monklands 320 26 Motherwell 713 38 Renfrew 462 18 Strathkelvin 137 16 Tayside Angus 638 44 City of Dundee 2,846 100 Perth and Kinross 458 23 Orkney Islands Area 58 20 Shetland Islands Area 476 162 Western Isles Islands Area 241 44 Scotland 20,936 29