§ Mr. Craigenasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will produce a table showing the number of Bison dwellings in each local authority district in Scotland; and if he will indicate how many are owned by local authorities, new town development corporations and the Scottish Special Housing Association, respectively.
§ Mr. AncramThe best estimate of the number of dwellings by local authority area is as follows: 91W
Numbers Aberdeen 1,045 Argyll and Bute 307 Cunninghame 92 Dundee 171 Dunfermline 186 Edinburgh 748 Falkirk 170 Glasgow: District Council— 2,800 SSHA— 713 3,513 Inverclyde 920 Kyle and Carrick 350 Motherwell 1,244, Perth and Kinross 105 Renfrew 242 Cumbernauld NTDC 816 Livingston NTDC 475 Total 10,384,
Table 1 Applicant households by status, whether accommodation provided and period of application As assessed by local authority Status Period of Application (Year ending 31 March) Number of Applicants with Given Status Number Intentionally Homeless Number for whom Accommodation Secured Homeless 1980 7,440 625 6,470 1981 7,005 535 6,093 1982 8,186 476 7,356 1983 7,641 469 6,691 Potentially homeless 1980 2,770 399 1,786 1981 2,439 341 1,649 1982 1,976 279 1,266 1983 1,821 316 1,100 Neither homeless nor potentially homeless 1980 1,703 — 798 1981 1,778 — 765 1982 1,656 — 619 1983 1,426 — 474 Not stated or contact lost 1980 3,547 — 8 1981 3,596 — 85 1982 3,916 — 31 1983 3,426 — 39 Total Applications 1980 15,460 1,024 9,062 1981 14,818 876 8,592 1982 15,734 755 9,272 1983 14,314 785 8,304 92W
Table 2 Applicant households by reason for loss of last accommodation and type of priority need 1 April 1982–31 March 1983 Reason for loss of accommodation Type of priority need Total Household with dependent children Household Number Pregnant Household member vulnerable because of: Household homeless in emergency Household not in priority need Number Percentage Old age Physical disability Mental illness Other special reasons Parents, friends or relatives no longer willing/able to accommodate 4,158 990 264 117 34 363 102 1,206 7,234 47.2 Dispute with spouse/cohabitee 2,171 80 56 40 22 268 59 295 2,991 19.5 Other dispute within household 220 42 23 4 2 22 4 110 427 2.8 Court order 318 21 30 11 3 19 6 73 481 3.1 Illegal subtenancy or had to leave insecure accommodation 218 54 30 17 7 21 6 104 457 3.0 Fire, flood, storms, etc. 188 9 32 7 — 7 279 7 529 3.5 Moved to another area 143 15 16 5 1 8 2 38 228 1.5 Unable to pay for present accommodation 189 25 23 11 5 14 2 70 339 2.2 These figures are based on original ownership and relate to local authorities except where otherwise stated; records are not kept of numbers of houses which may since have been sold.