§ Mrs. Ray MichieTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the numbers of local authority housing stock, by district council area, as at(a) 1 April 1979 and (b) 30 September 1988.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information requested is set out in the table. The figures are taken from different sources and may not be strictly comparable. Estimates for authorities which failed to submit returns have been included.
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Local Authority dwelling stock, Scotland 31 March 1979 30 September 1988 Local Authority Total 900,644 808,521 Berwickshire 2,861 2,455 Ettrick and Lauderdale 4,998 4,010 Roxburgh2 6,272 5,450 Tweeddale2 1,629 1,470 Clackmannan 9,671 8,568 Falkirk1 33,572 29,413 Stirling1 13,131 11,825 Annandale and Eskdale1 4,939 4,821 Nithsdale 8,365 7,360 Stewartry 2,519 2,308 Wigtown 4,705 4,256 Dunfermline 23,143 19,141 Kirkcaldy2 26,850 22,973 North East Fife1 7,831 6,475 Aberdeen 38,680 36,869 Banff and Buchan 12,552 11,446 Gordon 6,111 5,444 Kincardine and Deeside 3,613 3,532 Moray 10,556 10,035 Badenoch and Strathspey 1,048 1,046 Caithness2 4,250 3,800 Inverness 7,013 6,469 Lochaber 3,350 2,893 Nairn 1,115 1,064 Ross and Cromarty 6,181 6,078 Skye and Lochalsh2 684 780 Sutherland 1,706 1,702 East Lothian 16,274 13,919 Edinburgh 57,478 49,237 Midlothian 13,032 10,868 West Lothian 22,525 19,985 Argyll and Bute 8,205 7,852 Bearsden and Milngavie 1,895 1,715 Clydebank2 12,413 11,030 Clydesdale 9,634 9,215 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 4,356 4,035 Cumnock and Doon Valley 10,327 9,445 Cunninghame 23,536 21,332 Dumbarton 13,174 11,817 East Kilbride 1,622 1,282
31 March 1979 30 September 1988 Eastwood 2,038 1,731 Glasgow 180,209 160,309 Hamilton 22,822 21,562 Inverclyde 20,071 17,945 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 18,226 16,187 Kyle and Carrick 18,398 16,011 Monklands 28,716 27,251 Motherwell 40,209 37,117 Renfrew 39,645 36,325 Strathkelvin 10,893 9,426 Angus 14,513 12,640 Dundee 40,479 37,842 Perth and Kinross 16,343 14,355 Orkney Islands2 1,432 1,416 Shetland Islands 2,475 2,578 Western Isles1 2,359 2,411 Source: 1979—SDD S1 returns.
Source: 1988—SDD rent returns.
- 1 Estimated figure—District return outstanding for 1979.
- 2 Estimated figure—District return outstanding for 1988.