asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the number of houses below the tolerable standard and the number of privately rented and owner-occupied houses in each district and island authority in Scotland at the latest available date.
Reliable information is not presently available.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what were the number of unfit houses demolished or closed in each authority in Scotland in the first half of 1975–76.
The numbers reported to me in this period were as follows:
| Local Authority | No. of houses | |
| Highland Region | ||
| Caithness | 27 | |
| Sutherland | — | |
| Ross and Cromarty | — | |
| Skye and Lochalsh | 2 | |
| Lochaber | — | |
| Inverness | 2 | |
| Badenoch and Strathpsey | — | |
| Nairn | 2 | |
| Total | 33 | |
| Grampian Region | ||
| Moray | 9 | |
| Banff and Buchan | 7 | |
| Gordon | — | |
| City of Aberdeen | 74 | |
| Kincardine and Deeside | 2 | |
| Total | 92 | |
| Tayside Region | ||
| Angus | — | |
| City of Dundee | 500 | |
| Perth and Kinross | 118 | |
| Total | 618 | |
| Fife Region | ||
| Kirkcaldy | 13 | |
| NE Fife | — | |
| Dunfermline | — | |
| Total | 13 | |
| Local Authority | No. of houses | |
| Lothian Region | ||
| West Lothian | — | |
| City of Edinburgh | 326 | |
| Midlothian | — | |
| Total | 326 | |
| Central Region | ||
| Clackmannan | 4 | |
| Stirling | 2 | |
| Falkirk | 102 | |
| Total | 108 | |
| Borders Region | ||
| Tweeddale | — | |
| Ettrick and Lauderdale | — | |
| Total | — | |
| Dumfries and Galloway Region | ||
| Wigtown | — | |
| Nithsdale | 5 | |
| Annandale and Eskdale | 3 | |
| Stewartry | 1 | |
| Total | 9 | |
| Strathclyde Region | ||
| Argyll | 12 | |
| Dumbarton | — | |
| City of Glasgow | 3193 | |
| Clydebank | 252 | |
| Strathkelvin | — | |
| Cumbernauld | 9 | |
| Monklands | 7 | |
| Motherwell | 71 | |
| Hamilton | 194 | |
| East Kilbride | — | |
| Eastwood | — | |
| Lanark | 47 | |
| Inverclyde | 111 | |
| Kilmarnock and Loudonn | 14 | |
| Cumnock and Doon Valley | 10 | |
| Total | 3,920 | |
| Shetlands Islands Area | 11 | |
| Orkney Islands Area | — | |
| Total Scotland | 5,130 | |
- East Lothian
- Roxburgh
- Berwickshire
- Bearsden and Milngavie
- Renfrew
- Cunninghame
- Kyle and Carrick
- Western Islands Area.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what were the number of houses acquired by each authority in Scotland in the first half of 1975–76 for purposes other than demolition, and the number estimated to be below the tolerable standard.
Information is not available about the number of houses acquired in the first half of 1975–76 speci-
| District/Islands Authority | Number of acquired houses included in improvement schemes approved in the first half of 1975–76 | Number of houses in (b) estimated to be below the tolerable standard | Number of new houses acquired from private builders | ||||
| Aberdeen10 | … | … | … | … | 10 | 10 | — |
| Angus | … | … | … | … | 26 | 26 | 9 |
| Argyll and Bute | … | … | … | … | 6 | 6 | — |
| Dumbarton | … | … | … | … | 6 | — | — |
| Edinburgh | … | … | … | … | 1 | 1 | — |
| Glasgow | … | … | … | … | 388 | 388 | — |
| Kirkcaldy | … | … | … | … | 4 | 4 | — |
| Kyle and Carrick | … | … | … | … | 3 | 2 | — |
| Nithsdale | … | … | … | … | 6 | 6 | — |
| North East Fife | … | … | … | … | 4 | 4 | — |
| Renfrew | … | … | … | … | 51 | 51 | — |
| Roxburgh | … | … | … | … | — | — | 29 |
| Shetland Isles | … | … | … | … | 12 | 12 | — |
| Sutherland | … | … | … | … | 3 | 3 | — |
| West Lothian | … | … | … | … | 4 | 4 | — |
| Total | … | … | … | … | 524 | 517 | 38 |