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Mr. MacCormick
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each district council area the numbers and percentages of houses falling below the minimum tolerable standard.
Mr. Hugh D. Brown
Estimates provided by local authorities as at 31st December 1977 were as follows:
| Local Authority | Number existing at 31st December 1977 | Percentage |
| Highland Region | ||
| Caithness | 477 | 4·6 |
| Sutherland | 449 | 7·3 |
| Ross and Cromarty | 2,229 | 13·0 |
| Skye and Lochalsh | 1,113 | 24·4 |
| Lochaber | 420 | 5·6 |
| Inverness | 1,499 | 7·6 |
| Badenoch and Strathspey | 84 | 2·0 |
| Nairn | 94 | 2·5 |
| Grampian Region | ||
| Moray | 2,450 | 8·3 |
| Banff and Buchan | 2,925 | 10·1 |
| Gordon | 1,052 | 5·0 |
| City of Aberdeen | 7,155 | 9·1 |
| Kincardine and Deeside | 677 | 4·5 |
| Tayside Region | ||
| Angus | 3,203 | 8·6 |
| City of Dundee | 11,394 | 15·3 |
| Perth and Kinross | 3,049 | 6·4 |
| Fife Region | ||
| Kirkcaldy | 3,296 | 6·0 |
| North East Fife | 2,584 | 10·0 |
| Dunfermline | 914 | 2·0 |
| Lothian Region | ||
| West Lothian | 1,133 | 2·6 |
| City of Edinburgh | 17,200 | 9·7 |
| Midlothian | 561 | 2·0 |
| East Lothian | 1,601 | 5·3 |
Local Authority
| Number existing at 31st December 1977
| Percentage
|
Central Region
| ||
| Clackmannan | 749 | 4·3 |
| Stirling | 1,189 | 4·3 |
| Falkirk | 2,473 | 4·8 |
Borders Region
| ||
| Tweeddale | 246 | 4·0 |
| Ettrick and Lauderdale | 994 | 7·2 |
| Roxburgh | 675 | 4·5 |
| Berwickshire | 800 | 9·7 |
Strathclyde Region
| ||
| Argyll and Bute | 6,000 | 21·0 |
| Dumbarton | 322 | 1·1 |
| City of Glasgow | 51,000 | 16·6 |
| Clydebank | 613 | 3·1 |
| Bearsden and Milngavie | 100 | 0·8 |
| Strathkelvin | 281 | 1·1 |
| Cumbernauld and Kilsyth | 104 | 0·6 |
| Monklands | 867 | 2·4 |
| Motherwell | 1,646 | 3·2 |
| Hamilton | 992 | 2·7 |
| East Kilbride | 131 | 0·5 |
| Eastwood | 95 | 0·5 |
| Lanark | 427 | 2·2 |
| Renfrew | 2,803 | 3·8 |
| Inverclyde | 799 | 2·2 |
| Cunninghame | 1,732 | 3·5 |
| Kilmarnock and Loudoun | 844 | 2·7 |
| Kyle and Carrick | 481 | 1·1 |
| Cumnock and Doon Valley | 153 | 1·0 |
Dumfries and Galloway Region
| ||
| Wigtown | 232 | 2·0 |
| Stewartry | 387 | 4·1 |
| Nithsdale | 491 | 2·3 |
| Annandale and Eskdale | 694 | 5·2 |
| Orkney Islands Area | 1,390 | 19·2 |
| Shetland Islands Area | 1,342 | 18·3 |
| Western Isles Islands Area | 3,267 | 29·1 |
| Grand Total for Scotland | 149,878 | 7·8 |