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Housing Action Areas

Volume 949: debated on Monday 8 May 1978

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asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will publish the number of housing action areas approved for each housing authority in Scotland and the total number of houses included in such areas in each authority.

There are two distinct stages in the housing action area procedure—first, the submission of a draft resolution to the Secretary of State for his response within a specified period, and then, after an interval for local representations and explanations, the passing of a final resolution. The figures for draft resolutions and final resolutions are given in the following tables:

FINAL HOUSING ACTION AREA RESOLUTIONS AS AT 31ST MARCH 1978
Number of Final ResolutionsNumber of Houses
Local AuthorityDemolitionImprovementDemolition and ImprovementTotalDemolitionImprovementTotal
Grampian
Gordon111212
Aberdeen66129129
Tayside
Angus11011211238249
Dundee1124250279529
Perth and Kinross13443539
Fife
Kirkcaldy41523192215
Dunfermline11256974
Lothian
West Lothian112226789
Edinburgh3242297002,8123,512
East Lothian665656
Central
Clackmannan31435962
Stirling668888
Falkirk4158254262
Strathclyde
Dumbarton113333
Glasgow825911423,3726,5629,934
Strathkelvin
Monklands119898
Hamilton333131
Eastwood221616
Lanark11251540
Renfrew111818
Inverclyde33226226
Cunninghame66109109
Kyle and Carrick112424
East Kilbride111010
Dumfries & Galloway
Annandale and Eskdale112020
Western Isles Islands Area11118484
TOTAL97151122604,56311,39615,959

DRAFT HOUSING ACTION AREA RESOLUTIONS AS AT 31ST MARCH 1978

Number of Draft Resolutions

Number of Houses

Local Authority

Demolition

Improvement

Demolition and Improvement

Total

Demolition

Improvement

Total

Grampian

Gordon111212
Aberdeen77156156
Banff and Buchan333737

Tayside

Angus111126243249
Dundee1449268574842
Perth and Kinross2518355994

Fife

Kirkcaldy61723209232
Dunfermline11256974

Lothian

West Lothian112226789
Edinburgh3323387133,6224,335
East Lothian665656
Midlothian22116116

Central

Clackmannan31435861
Stirling91102129131
Falkirk151716251267

Number of Draft Resolutions

Number of Houses

Local Authority

Demolition

Improvement

Demolition and Improvement

Total

Demolition

Improvement

Total

Strathclyde

Dumbarton113333
Glasgow966811653,8567,31311,169
Strathkelvin11231013
Monklands11102102
Hamilton55118118
Eastwood221616
Lanark11251540
Renfrew111818
Inverclyde33226226
Cunninghame72912348171
Kyle and Carrick779696
East Kilbride111010
Clydebank11110782892
Motherwell228989

Dumfries & Galloway

Annandale and Eskdale112020
Nithsdale111010

Western Isles Islands Area

2222198198
TOTAL116209183435,32814,64419,972