To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much money his Department is making available to local housing authorities in Scotland to deal specifically with problems of condensation and dampness in council housing stock; what is his assessment of the extent of this problem in Scotland; and the prospects for achieving a solution.
[holding answer 6 February 1992]: The gross provisional housing capital allocations to local authorities for 1992–93 total £412 million for expenditure on the housing revenue account
| Scotland, 1980 to 1990 | |||||||||||
| Police Force | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 |
| Northern | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| Grampian | 21 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 24 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 15 |
| Tayside | 7 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| Fife | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| Lothian and Borders | 45 | 44 | 38 | 44 | 46 | 109 | 86 | 65 | 32 | 44 | 66 |
| Central | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| Strathclyde | 204 | 241 | 200 | 262 | 228 | 265 | 239 | 243 | 224 | 154 | 213 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| SCOTLAND | 282 | 328 | 281 | 352 | 311 | 436 | 382 | 365 | 280 | 219 | 327 |
Notes:
block for investment in authorities' own housing stock. Local authorities have estimated that at 31 March 1991 about 259,000 local authority houses were affected by condensation and damp. It is for local authorities to decide how best to deploy the substantial resources available to them to meet local housing needs, including the need to tackle condensation and dampness.