To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) households and (b) children lived in overcrowded housing in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority area. Table 1 shows the percentage of Scottishhouseholds living in dwellings below the bedroom standard in each local authorityarea, and table 2 shows the percentage of children in Scotland who live in suchhouseholds.Table 1 Scottish Households Living Below the BedroomStandard by Local Authority Area 1999 and 2000 2001 and 2002 2003 and 2004 % Base % Base % Base Aberdeen City 3% 1,224 3% 1,280 3% 1,232 Aberdeenshire 2% 1,187 2% 1,230 2% 1,237 Angus 2% 637 2% 662 1% 628 Argyll and Bute 5% 576 2% 569 3% 551 Clackmannanshire 3% 587 3% 547 3% 579 Dumfries and Galloway 2% 878 3% 822 2% 815 Dundee City 3% 781 4% 868 2% 866 East Ayrshire 3% 676 2% 714 2% 696 East Dunbartonshire 1% 587 3% 608 2% 553 East Lothian 4% 585 1% 598 3% 549 East Renfrewshire 2% 494 2% 526 1% 580 Edinburgh, City of 4% 2,481 3% 2,374 3% 2,509 Eilean Siar 3% 658 3% 643 2% 549 Falkirk 3% 817 2% 790 1% 824 Fife 2% 1,895 2% 1,928 2% 2,083 Glasgow City 6% 3,136 5% 3,254 6% 3,294 Highland 1% 1,129 2% 1,208 1% 1,167 Inverclyde 7% 537 5% 529 4% 554 Midlothian 4% 612 4% 622 4% 561 Moray 2% 631 2% 614 1% 613 North Ayrshire 3% 822 2% 768 1% 752 North Lanarkshire 5% 1,617 5% 1,656 5% 1,758 Orkney Islands 1% 540 1% 649 2% 665 Perth and Kinross 3% 774 2% 747 3% 674 Renfrewshire 4% 951 4% 945 3% 1,000 Scottish Borders 2% 607 2% 642 2% 663 Shetland Islands 3% 561 2% 625 1% 653 South Ayrshire 2% 675 3% 685 3% 624 South Lanarkshire 5% 1,602 4% 1,608 3% 1,587 Stirling 2% 617 2% 601 1% 612 West Dunbartonshire 5% 535 4% 531 5% 509 West Lothian 2% 817 2% 796 2% 885 Table 2: Scottish Children Living Below the Bedroom Standardby Local Authority Area 1999 and 2000 2001 and 2002 2003 and 2004 % Base % Base % Base Aberdeen City 12% 477 15% 454 9% 491 Aberdeenshire 7% 741 6% 700 5% 628 Angus 6% 326 8% 310 4% 240 Argyll and Bute 16% 278 9% 269 9% 247 Clackmannanshire 8% 317 6% 266 9% 291 Dumfries and Galloway 10% 417 12% 406 4% 341 Dundee City 10% 295 16% 355 8% 302 East Ayrshire 9% 323 10% 350 7% 329 East Dunbartonshire 4% 316 6% 322 6% 282 East Lothian 9% 292 6% 313 10% 266 East Renfrewshire 5% 302 3% 285 4% 351 Edinburgh, City of 12% 993 11% 906 13% 950 Eilean Siar 11% 294 11% 267 6% 224 Falkirk 10% 433 7% 395 4% 361 Fife 7% 939 10% 930 8% 983 Glasgow City 21% 1,415 17% 1,336 22% 1,292 Highland 5% 564 8% 593 5% 575 Inverclyde 25% 268 15% 241 8% 218 Midlothian 14% 349 11% 362 15% 308 Moray 7% 309 6% 329 3% 311 North Ayrshire 9% 405 9% 356 5% 354 North Lanarkshire 15% 933 15% 945 15% 833 Orkney Islands 6% 261 4% 269 7% 311 Perth and Kinross 8% 346 7% 325 10% 272 Renfrewshire 13% 446 15% 409 14% 434 Scottish Borders 7% 294 7% 278 5% 287 Shetland Islands 7% 379 6% 372 6% 302 South Ayrshire 8% 331 11% 309 14% 251 South Lanarkshire 14% 792 11% 821 8% 766 Stirling 6% 296 6% 275 5% 277 West Dunbartonshire 12% 250 10% 207 16% 236 West Lothian 5% 467 5% 478 8% 444 Source: Scottish Household Survey, 1999-2004.Notes:1.