HC Deb 10 February 1992 vol 203 cc411-2W
Mr. Wigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much money his Department is making available to local housing authorities in Scotland to deal specifically with problems of condensation and dampness in council housing stock; what is his assessment of the extent of this problem in Scotland; and the prospects for achieving a solution.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

[holding answer 6 February 1992]: The gross provisional housing capital allocations to local authorities for 1992–93 total £412 million for expenditure on the housing revenue account

Scotland, 1980 to 1990
Police Force 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
Northern 1 3 6 7 12 7 5 10 1 7 9
Grampian 21 13 13 20 10 24 22 16 7 4 15
Tayside 7 19 18 15 11 14 14 17 3 4 10
Fife 0 0 0 0 2 10 10 7 6 1 4
Lothian and Borders 45 44 38 44 46 109 86 65 32 44 66
Central 3 6 5 4 2 6 6 7 6 4 10
Strathclyde 204 241 200 262 228 265 239 243 224 154 213
Dumfries and Galloway 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
SCOTLAND 282 328 281 352 311 436 382 365 280 219 327

Notes:

  1. 1. Assaults include the categories homicide, attempted murder, serious assault, sexual assault and petty assault.
  2. 2. Firearms include imitation firearms and crossbows.

block for investment in authorities' own housing stock. Local authorities have estimated that at 31 March 1991 about 259,000 local authority houses were affected by condensation and damp. It is for local authorities to decide how best to deploy the substantial resources available to them to meet local housing needs, including the need to tackle condensation and dampness.