asked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) how many (a) local authority and (b) private houses have been standing empty for up to one year and over one year, respectively, in the city of Edinburgh housing area;(2) what is the latest estimate of the number of homeless people in the city of Edinburgh housing area; and what proportion of this number is
(a) single homeless, (b) single parents, (c) disabled, (d) mentally or physically handicapped and (e) elderly;
(3) how many (a) local authority and (b) private houses have been built in the city of Edinburgh housing area in each of the past five years catering to the special needs of (a) single people, (b) single parents, (c) mentally or physically handicapped and (d) the elderly.
Information on these matters is not collected centrally. The hon. Member should refer to the district council for information of this kind.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many (a) local authority and (b) private houses were rehabilitated in each of the past five years in the city of Edinburgh housing area.
For up-to-date and detailed information of this kind the hon. Member should refer to the district council. The most recent relevant information available to me is set out in the table below:
| Edinburgh Local Authority Improvements | Edinburgh Private Sector Improvement Grants Paid | |||
| Year | Modernisation | Rehabilitation | Total | Total No. of dwellings |
| 1977 | 2,492 | 136 | 2,628 | 2,174 |
| 1978 | 2,395 | 48 | 2,443 | 2,149 |
| 1979 | 318 | — | 318 | 1,972 |
| 1980 | 309 | 15 | 324 | 2,499 |
| 1981 | 360 | 47 | 407 | 4,283 |
| Places in Education Authority and Grant-aided Nursery Schools | |||||
| Regions | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 |
| Borders | 163 | 212 | 236 | 276 | 276 |
| Central | 540 | 880 | 960 | 1,210 | 1,390 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 125 | 125 | 126 | 146 | 126 |
| Fife | 1,835 | 2,221 | 2,280 | 2,502 | 2,572 |
| Grampian | 1,545 | 1,615 | 1,658 | 2,105 | 2,052 |
| Highland | 125 | 140 | 280 | 397 | 409 |
| Lothian | 5,061 | 5,159 | 5,264 | 5,390 | 5,670 |
| Strathclyde | 9,508 | 10,342 | 10,200 | 11,037 | 11,487 |
| Tayside | 1,317 | 1,280 | 1,420 | 1,566 | 1,483 |
| Orkney | 50 | — | 70 | 70 | 75 |
| Shetland | — | — | 30 | 90 | 60 |
| Western Isles | 80 | 150 | 120 | 120 | 90 |
| SCOTLAND | 20,349 | 22,124 | 22,644 | 24,909 | 25,690 |
| Places in day nurseries—local authority and registered (includes voluntary and private) | |||||
| Regions | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 |
| Borders | 40 | 40 | 40 | 100 | 105 |
| Central | 344 | 341 | 339 | 343 | 343 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fife | 78 | 70 | 69 | 72 | 54 |
| Grampian | 326 | 326 | 300 | 320 | 290 |
| Highland | — | — | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| Lothian | 899 | 903 | 904 | 940 | 918 |
| Strathclyde | 1,682 | 1,658 | 1,764 | 1,769 | 1,778 |
| Tayside | 548 | 551 | 523 | 528 | 496 |
| Orkney | — | — | — | — | — |
| Shetland | — | — | — | — | — |
| Western Isles | — | — | — | — | 5 |
| SCOTLAND | 3,917 | 3,889 | 3,946 | 4,078 | 3,995 |
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how much money was spent on rehabilitation of local authority housing in the city of Edinburgh housing area in each of the past five years; and what proportion this forms of the total housing budget for that area.
I shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.