HC Deb 06 July 1983 vol 45 cc121-3W
Mr. Michael Forsyth

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many council-owned houses in each relevant local authority were empty on the most recent convenient date.

Mr. Ancram

The information requested is estimated from a post-enumeration survey of a 10 per cent. sample of dwellings which were unuccupied on the night of the 1081 census of population. The following table relates to dwellings owned by local authorities, the Scottish special housing association and new town development corporations. It is not possible to give figures for local authority-owned properties separately.

Estimates of vacant public sector dwellings*
Number
Borders 360
Berwickshire 60
Ettrick and Lauderdale 70
Roxburgh 210
Tweeddale 10
Central 1,300
Clackmannan 350
Falkirk 640
Stirling 310
Dumfries and Galloway 340
Annandale and Eskdale 120
Nithsdale 130
Stewartry 40
Wigtown 60
Fife 1,540
Dunfermline 580
Kirkcaldy 860
North East Fife 110
Grampian 1,020
City of Aberdeen 560
Banff and Buchan 120
Gordon 80
Kincardine and Deeside 60
Moray 190
Highland 610
Badenoch and Strathspey 20
Caithness 120
Inverness 180
Lochaber 60
Nairn 70
Ross and Cromarty 130
Skye and Lochalsh 20
Sutherland 10
Lothian 3,400
East Lothian 190
City of Edinburgh 1,880
Midlothian 210
West Lothian 1,120
Strathclyde 12,410
Argyll and Bute 80
Bearsden and Milngavie 20
Clydebank 220
Clydesdale 130
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 240
Cumnock and Doon Valley 200
Cunninghame 590
Dumbarton 370
East Kilbride 220
Eastwood 30
City of Glasgow 6,100
Hamilton 360
Inverclyde 410
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 600
Kyle and Carrick 290
Monklands 620
Motherwell 710
Renfrew 1,050
Strathkelvin 150
Tayside 1,490
Angus 130
City of Dundee 1,140
Perth and Kinross 220

Number
Orkney Islands Area
Shetland Islands Area 80
Western Isles Islands Area 80
Total 22,650
* Dwellings undergoing conversion or renovation and newly built properties awaiting a first occupier are excluded.