WEEK IN NUMBERS

1,000

The number of affordable homes which could be built in Dundee.

Dundee City Council has a target to make 30% of new properties for people with particular needs and these homes could be built between now and 2021.

7

The number of defibrillators in Carnoustie.

Two of these machines have been provided after fund-raising took place to provide a lasting legacy to keen motorcyclist Graeme Bell, who died last year in a road accident.

£4,444

The sum raised, plus 44p, by a young Dundee boy for Roxburghe House. Charlie Watts (8) has been fund-raising since losing his mum Eileen five years ago.

£96bn

The debt mountain which households are sitting on.

More than two-fifths of people are owing sums which they have kept secret from their family, partner or friends. The average hidden debt amounts to £4,164 per person.

794,500

The number of people who came to the Scottish coast via cruise ships.

This is a record number and the industry body, Cruise Scotland, hopes to attract a million passengers by 2029. A fleet of 825 cruise ships made it a record season in Scotland.

98%

Wind turbines generated the equivalent of 98% of all Scotland’s electricity demand in October. Turbines provided record levels of power.