§ Mr. SillarsTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when his Department last conducted a study or survey of dampness in local authority housing.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonIt is for local authorities themselves to assess the state of their own housing stocks. Nevertheless, the Scottish Development Department carried out a survey of dampness in housing in 1980 and published the results in 1981 in the "Condensation Study Report". The Department also added a Scottish trailer to the EC labour force survey in 1983 which included questions on condensation, dampness and mould growth. An analysis of the results of this survey was carried out in 1984 and published as "Condensation in Housing".