§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give his estimate of how many houses in the Dundee district authority area are below the statutory tolerable standards; and how many of those(a) lack one or more of the basic amenities and (b) lack a fixed bath or shower.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe most recent available information is set out in the table, which gives204W the numbers of dwellings below the statutory tolerable standard in the area of the city of Dundee district council and, of those, the numbers lacking one or more of the standard amenities (sink, hot water and inside WC). It also shows the numbers lacking a fixed bath or shower.
Dwellings below tolerable standard at 31 March 19861 Number Number of dwellings below tolerable standard 1,470 Lacking one or more standard amenity2 1,470 Lacking a fixed bath or shower2 1,426 1 Information on dwellings below tolerable standard is collected annually from local authorities. The latest figures available from Dundee district council are as at 31 March 1986. 2 A dwelling may be recorded in both of these columns and there is therefore an element of double counting.