§ Mr. Michael Forsythasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list by district or by housing authority the number of fit houses demolished in each of the last five years in Scotland.
§ Mr. AncramThe information provided in the following table gives the number of houses demolished whch met the tolerable standard as defined in Section 14 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1974. The terms "fit" or "unfit" are not currently used in legislation covering Scotland.
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Number of dwellings demolished which met the tolerable standard Local Authority 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 Berwickshire — 1 — — —* Ettrick and Lauderdale — — 2 — 4 Roxburgh —* —* —* —* —* Tweeddale — 1 — 1 — Clackmannan — — — 179 — Falkirk — 7 19 10 37 Stirling — 8 5 4 — Annandale and Eskdale — — — — — Nithsdale — — 4 30 11 Stewartry — — — 2 — Wigtown — — — — — Dunfermline 5* — — 17 25 Kirkcaldy 4 — — 5 12 North East Fife — — — — 1 City of Aberdeen — 16 2 7 42 Banff and Buchan — 2 4 14 4 Gordon — — — 5 — Kincardine and Deeside — 1 — 1 1 Moray — 20 — 1 — Badenoch and Strathspey — — — — — Caithness — — 8 — — Inverness — 1 10 6 10 Lochaber — — — — — Nairn — — — — — Ross and Cromarty — — — —* — Skye and Lochalsh — — — — — Sutherland — — — — — East Lothian —* 1 — — — City of Edinburgh 78 210 72 12 40 Midlothian — — — — — West Lothian — 227 — — — Argyll and Bute — — — — —
Local Authority 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 Bearsden & Milngavie —* 24* 7 —* —* Clydebank 152 7 50 101 31* Clydesdale — 2 20 4 — Cumbernauld & Kilsyth — — — — —* Cumnock & Doon Valley — — — — — Cunninghame — 22 17 — — Dunbarton —* — — 7* — East Kilbride — 1 — — — Eastwood — — — — — City of Glasgow 205 176 708 553 606 Hamilton 1 29 8 9 — Inverclyde 62 12 101 12 8 Kilmarnock & Loudoun — 5 188 1 212 Kyle & Carrick 5 9 — 5 2 Monklands 9* 40 — — 1 Motherwell 47* 12 43 182 5 Renfrew — — — 16 — Strathkelvin — — — — — Angus —* — — — — City of Dundee — 1 — 5 9 Perth and Kinross — 2 — 2 1 Orkney Islands Area — — — — —* Shetland Islands Area — — — — — Western Isles Islands Area — — — — —* Scotland 568 837 1,268 1,191 1,062 * Information based on incomplete returns.