§ Mr. MaxtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing the number of houses that are(a) below the tolerable standard, (b) require comprehensive modernisation, (c) require major repairs and (d) are affected by dampness, in the public and private sectors, respectively, in each district and islands area; and if he will estimate the cost of carrying out the necessary repairs and improvements.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonReturns from local authorities show that the number of houses in Scotland which are below the tolerable standard as at 31 March 1988, in the public and private sectors, is as set out in table 1. Details of local authority stock with dampness and condensation dampness as at 31 March 1988 are set out in Table 2. Comparable information on dampness for other than local authority houses is not held centrally.
The Government have neither information on the number of houses requiring comprehensive modernisation or major repairs, nor information which would allow an estimate to be made of the cost of any necessary works.
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Table 1 Dwellings below the tolerable standard by tenure Scotland, as at 31 March 1988 Public sector1 Housing association Private sector Tenure not known SCOTLAND 906 285 35,368 22,318 Borders Berwickshire 0 0 826 0 Ettrick and Lauderdale 4 0 541 0 Roxburgh 0 0 255 0 Tweeddale n/a n/a n/a 425 Central Clackmannan 0 0 474 0 Falkirk 43 0 435 0 Stirling 6 1 566 0 Dumfries and Galloway Annandale and Eskdale 0 0 189 0 Nithsdale 0 0 801 0 Stewartry 0 0 159 0 Wigtown 0 0 78 0 Fife Dunfermline 10 0 406 0 Kirkcaldy 0 0 733 0 North East Fife 37 0 1,361 0 Grampian Aberdeen 314 30 1,120 0 Banff and Buchan 1 0 1,543 0 Gordon 0 0 408 0 Kincardine and Deeside n/a n/a n/a 375 Moray 46 0 1,170 0 Highland Badenoch and Strathspey 0 0 253 0 Caithness 0 0 285 0 Inverness 10 0 584 0 Lochaber 0 0 131 0 Nairn 0 0 39 0 Ross and Cromarty 0 0 2,500 0 Skye and Lochalsh 0 0 650 0 Sutherland 0 0 519 0 Lothian East Lothian 12 0 773 0 Edinburgh 0 0 4,732 0 Midlothian 6 82 464 0 West Lothian 0 0 510 0 Strathclyde Argyll and Bute n/a n/a n/a 4,000 Bearsden and Milngavie 3 0 26 0 Clydebank 0 0 12 0 Clydesdale 2 0 360 0 Cumbernauld & Kilsyth 0 8 57 0 Cumnock and Doon Valley 19 10 172 0 Cunninghame 0 0 2,118 0 Dumbarton 9 0 100 0 East Kilbride 0 0 103 0 Eastwood 0 0 12 0 Glasgow n/a n/a n/a 16,010 Hamilton 0 0 820 0 Inverclyde 0 103 1,009 0 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 12 0 230 0 Kyle and Carrick 0 0 339 0 Monklands 0 0 222 0 Motherwell 99 0 677 0 Renfrew 263 0 844 0 Strathkelvin 0 0 33 0 Tayside Angus 4 1 887 0 Dundee 0 50 2,200 0 Perth and Kinross 0 0 668 0 Orkney Islands 6 0 1,134 0
Public sector1 Housing association Private sector Tenure not known Shetland Islands 0 0 928 0 Western Isles n/a n/a n/a 1,508 1 Local authority, new towns, SSHA and Government Departments. n/a = Not available.
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Table 2 Local authority dwellings with dampness Scotland as al 31 March 1986 Rising and penetrating damp only Condensation and damp SCOTLAND 40,476 77,819 Borders Berwickshire 0 0 Ettrick and Lauderdale 0 300 Roxburgh1 — — Tweeddale 0 0 Central Clackmannan 425 0 Falkirk 510 5,560 Stirling 110 0 Dumfries and Galloway Annandale and Eskdale 0 0 Nithsdale 450 783 Stewartry 0 0 Wigtown 20 5 Fife Dunfermline 18 0 Kirkcaldy 0 0 North East Fife 260 186 Grampian Aberdeen Not known Not known Banff and Buchan 0 0 Gordon 0 238 Kincardine and Deeside 0 259 Moray 67 0 Highland Badenoch and Strathspey 0 0 Caithness 1 0 Inverness 0 242 Lochaber 390 150 Nairn 0 0 Ross and Cromarty1 0 95 Skye and Lochalsh 0 0 Sutherland 0 0 Lothian East Lothian 30 1,418 Edinburgh1 620 1,178 Midlothian 0 0 West Lothian 0 0 Strathclyde Argyll and Bute Not known 2,669 Bearsden and Milngavie 0 0 Clydebank 0 750 Clydescale 35 786 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth n/a n/a Cumnock and Doon Valley 0 2,963 Cuninghame 124 0 Dumbarton1 715 2,490 East Kilbride 0 0 Eastwood 0 0 Glasgow1 16,485 15,093 Hamilton 7,721 7,501 Inverclyde 0 9,121 Kilmarnock and Loudoun1 280 4,499
Rising and penetrating damp only Condensation and damp Kyle and Carrick 0 41 Monklands1 0 175 Motherwell 8,564 6,561 Renfrew 0 10,300 Strathkelvin 0 0 Tayside Angus 0 0 Dundee1 2,300 2,331 Perth and Kinross 500 1,000 Orkney Islands 0 0 Shetland Islands 761 572 Western Isles 90 561 1 Returns with outstanding queries n/a Not available.
§ Mr. MaxtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will show the number of(a) pensioners, (b) families with children and (c) other households living in housing which is below the tolerable standard.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThis information is not held centrally.