§ Mr. McQuarrieasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in the Official Report the locations and numbers of un-tenanted local authority houses and how long they have been vacant.
§ Mr. AncramThe information requested is as follows. The figures are based on returns from housing authorities which show the numbers of un-tenanted local authority dwellings at 31 March 1986 together with data on the length of vacancy of dwellings available for letting and the status of dwellings not available for letting.
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Districts Vacant stock Length of vacancy of Local Authority dwellings available for letting Vacant Local Authority dwellings not available for kiting Available for letting Not available for letting Under 1 month 1 to months 4 to 6 months Over 6 months Not known Total Awaiting or undergoing improvement or repair Held to decant households during repair etc. Acquired for demolition A waiting demolition Others Total not available for letting Kilmarnock and Loudoun 166 315 50 83 31 2 0 166 68 38 0 84 125 315 Kyle and Carrick 62 130 22 33 5 2 0 62 130 0 0 0 0 130 Monklands 82 112 27 21 3 31 0 82 72 13 0 0 27 112 Motherwell 388 373 293 69 23 3 0 388 74 0 0 299 0 373 Renfrew 96 870 12 50 21 13 0 96 708 135 0 2 25 870 Strathkelvin 20 160 3 15 2 0 0 20 160 0 0 0 0 160 Tayside 658 612 215 188 92 163 0 658 59 161 0 2 390 612 Angus 9 36 6 2 1 0 0 9 11 13 0 2 10 36 Dundee 587 470 171 176 78 162 0 587 23 148 0 0 299 470 Perth and Kinross 62 106 38 10 13 1 0 62 25 0 0 0 81 106 Orkney Islands 16 6 10 3 0 3 0 16 6 0 0 0 0 6 Shetland Islands 24 48 11 10 2 1 0 24 26 22 0 0 0 48 Western Isles 5 50 3 1 1 0 0 5 38 10 0 0 2 50 .. Denotes no split available.