Only one in 100 households hit by the so-called "bedroom tax" in some parts of Scotland are able to move into another home, Labour has claimed.

Freedom Of Information requests show there is alternative accommodation for just 1.1% of those affected in North Lanarkshire, where 2645 households have had their income cut because they are deemed to have a "spare" bedroom under the new under-occupancy rule for social tenants.

Across England, Scotland and Wales that figure is about 4%, statistics from 61 councils show.

Tenants say that in many parts of the country there is a chronic shortage of one and two-bedroom homes for them to move into.

Labour says the figures show the "bedroom tax" is a sham and want the policy to be dropped immediately.

UK ministers say the cut in housing benefit is necessary to even out discrepancies between council housing and the private rented sector.

The Scottish Government estimates the under-occupancy rule will affect 82,500 households.