§ Mr. McKelveyasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will estimate the cost of conducting a house condition survey in Scotland, similar to those held in England and Wales in 1981, based on the following sample sizes (a) 0.5 per cent., (b) 1 per cent., (c) 5 per cent., (d)10 per cent. and (e) 100 per cent. of the Scottish housing stock.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe English house condition survey of 1981 was based on a sample of about 0.05 per cent. of their total housing stock. The best estimate I am able to make is that the direct cost of a similar survey in Scotland based on the hon. Member's smallest sample size of 0.5 per cent. might be approximately £600,000.
2WI am unable to give useful estimates for surveys of larger sample sizes; the content and design, as well as the size, of any particular survey can however substantially affect its cost.