§ 24. Mr. Home RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people are homeless or living in overcrowded or substandard accommodation in Scotland. [5224]
§ Mr. Raymond S. RobertsonInformation on the number of people homeless at any one time is not available. During the financial year 1993–94—the latest year for which figures are available—a total of 23,000 households containing 40,800 people in Scotland were assessed as homeless by local authorities.
At the time of the 1991 census of population, 213,900 people in Scotland were in accommodation which fell below the occupancy norm used in the census. This represents a very substantial reduction on the 1981 figure of 698,000.
1278WIt is estimated from the Scottish house condition survey that in 1991 some 217,000 people were living in dwellings which fell below the tolerable standard.