HC Deb 19 March 1996 vol 274 cc161-2W
Mr. David Marshall

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his estimate of the total number of people living in multi-storey blocks of flats in Scotland. [21118]

Mr. Raymond S. Robertson

The information is not available in the form requested.

Local authorities in Scotland are estimated to have 51,000 dwellings in blocks of flats more than four storeys high.

Information on the number of households, by lowest floor level of accommodation, was published in the report of the General Register Office for Scotland on the 1991 census, a copy of which is available in the House Library.

Mr. Marshall

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the total number of blocks of multi-storey flats over 10 floors high in Scotland; and where they are located. [21119]

Mr. Robertson

The information is not available in the form requested.

The table provides information on the number of individual dwellings in blocks of flats of 15 or more storeys let by local authorities in Scotland.

Housing stock estimates: Super high-rise dwellings (15 or more storeys)
Authority Super high rise (15 or more storeys)
Scottish Borders Council 0
Dumfries and Galloway Council 0
Fife Council 223
Highland Council 0
Clackmannanshire Council 0
Falkirk Council 0
Stirling Council 0
Aberdeenshire Council 0
City of Aberdeen Council 2,943
Moray Council 0
City of Edinburgh Council 2,047
East Lothian Council 0
Mid-Lothian Council 0
West Lothian Council 0
Argyll and Bute Council 0
City of Glasgow Council 20,273
West Dunbartonshire Council 1,524
East Dunbartonshire Council 0
East Ayrshire Council 0
North Ayrshire Council 0
South Ayrshire Council 0
East Renfrewshire Council 0
Inverclyde Council 1,471
Renfrewshire Council 1,090
North Lanarkshire Council 2,982
South Lanarkshire Council 0
Angus Council 0
City of Dundee Council 2,230
Perthshire and Kinross Council 0
Orkney Islands Council 0
Shetland Islands Council 0
Western Isles Council 0
Scotland 34,783