§ Mr. Andrew WelshTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what discussions he has had with the director or representatives of ScotRail; what issues were discussed; what future meetings are scheduled; and if he will make a statement.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 6 March 1992]: Regular contact is maintained with British Rail by Scottish Office Ministers and officials. Such contacts cover a wide range of topics relating to rail services in Scotland.
Applicant households under the homeless persons legislation 1990–91, by type of household One person households One parent households Couple Area All applicants housholds1 Under 18 18–24 25 and over and under retirement retirement age and over Parent aged under 25 Parent aged 25 and over Without children With children Other household type SCOTLAND 31,709 2,735 4,398 5,539 940 3,774 7,670 1,829 4,325 499 Borders Berwickshire 16 — — 2 — 2 3 — 7 2 Ettrick and Lauderdaie 17 2 — 2 1 4 5 — 3 — Roxburgh 109 5 10 22 1 25 13 8 21 4 Tweeddale 49 — 8 4 — 4 13 9 11 — Central Clackmannan 517 54 79 94 8 43 94 54 74 17 Falkirk 1,300 66 217 201 26 134 291 112 201 52 Stirling 566 50 83 98 13 58 134 31 92 7 Dumfries and Galloway Annandale and Eskdale 97 2 2 12 6 5 27 14 27 2 Nithsdale 600 26 89 119 17 58 111 73 102 5 Stewartry 90 — 2 2 8 8 34 14 19 3 Wigtown 105 1 7 3 5 31 23 6 27 2 Fife Dunfermline 308 7 19 31 12 61 96 16 61 5 Kirkcaldy 1,325 77 163 183 29 185 298 128 248 14 North East Fife 476 14 68 76 19 37 91 71 94 6 Grampian Aberdeen 1,482 121 144 240 66 162 380 104 247 18 Banff and Buchan 225 11 8 25 10 19 70 16 60 6 Gordon 279 7 24 33 8 13 67 21 94 12 Kincardine and Deeside 45 — — — — 2 22 1 17 3 Moray 194 4 10 19 13 14 58 16 59 1 Highland Badenoch and Strathspey 11 — — — — 1 4 — — 6 Caithness 7 — 2 — — 2 1 — 1 1 Inverness 319 5 27 35 16 38 87 24 78 9 Lochaber 75 2 12 8 1 13 14 3 21 1 Nairn 40 1 1 2 1 6 12 4 12 1 Ross and Cromarty 105 10 9 7 6 12 25 9 24 3 Skye and Lochalsh 68 1 4 14 3 7 13 8 17 1 Sutherland 10 — — — — 3 3 — 4 — Lothian East Lothian 948 40 101 162 28 88 222 126 174 7 Edinburgh 2,253 271 207 226 68 476 667 76 236 26 Midlothian 143 5 7 21 3 32 32 10 26 7 West Lothian 532 50 101 94 4 47 120 45 64 7 Strathdyde Argyll and Bute 330 17 26 46 13 21 76 45 76 10 Bearsden and Milngavie 81 2 8 9 5 8 19 1 28 1 Clydebank 655 82 96 83 14 52 224 32 70 2 Clydesdale 446 30 57 89 15 28 98 44 80 5 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 420 13 44 34 4 58 142 23 98 4 Cumnock and Doon Valley 67 4 8 14 1 11 14 2 13 — Cunninghame 445 36 54 36 13 93 16 26 64 7 Dumbarton 1,703 152 308 368 56 156 345 112 169 37 East Kilbride 521 47 88 94 19 38 144 22 65 4 Eastwood 10 — — — — 2 3 1 3 1 Glasgow 8,459 1,074 1,409 2,277 231 893 1,762 166 552 95 Hamilton 329 18 18 36 13 52 113 15 63 1 Inverclyde 359 54 27 38 15 59 111 5 39 11 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 440 23 72 69 12 53 110 26 71 4 Kyle and Carrick 599 90 72 80 26 93 108 32 84 14 Monklands 309 30 55 79 12 21 74 14 20 4 Motherwell 983 41 173 182 30 90 188 111 150 18 Renfrew 937 45 225 101 28 139 217 35 102 45 Strathkelvin 313 2 10 19 16 53 104 20 89 — Tayside Angus 467 48 30 47 10 57 173 15 84 3 Dundee 924 79 171 65 4 137 354 22 91 1 Perth and Kinross 431 9 11 9 24 48 103 54 167 6