§ Mr. Russell Johnstonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will publish in the Official Report the amount of any supplementary capital allocation awarded to any housing authorities in Scotland for housing purposes in the fiscal year 1981–82 consequent upon an assessment of the likely capital receipts from sales of houses made in terms of the Tenants' Rights Etc. (Scotland) Act 1980 and the amount of the bid made by each authority for an allocation of such funds.
§ Mr. RifkindThe information requested is as follows:
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Housing: Supplementary Allocations 1981–82 HRA Block Non HRA Block Authority Bid Supplementary Bid Supplementary £ million Allocation £ million Allocation £ million £ million Borders Region Berwickshire 0.020 0.020 — — Ettrick and Lauderdale 0.125 0.125 — — Central Region Clackmannan 0.250 0.250 — — Falkirk 0.500 0.500 — — Stirling 0.120 0.120 — — Dumfries and Galloway Region Annandale and Eskdale 0.025 0.025 — — Wigtown 0.250 0.250 *0.050 0.040 Fife Region Dunfermline 0.275 0.275 0.050 0.050 Kirkcaldy 0.245 0.245 — — Grampian Region City of Aberdeen 1.400 1.400 0.400 0.400 Gordon 0.060 0.060 — — Kincardine and Deeside 0.372 *Nil … — Highland Region Badenoch and Strathspey — — 0.030 0.030 Caithness 0.080 0.080 — — Inverness 0.220 0.220 0.250 0.250 Ross and Cromarry 0.393 0.395 — — Skye and Lochalsh 0.138 0.138 — — Lothian Region East Lothian 0.400 0.400 — — City of Edinburgh 0.500 0.500 2.250 2.250 Midlothian 0.350 0.350 — — West Lothian 0.400 0.400 0.100 0.100 Strathclyde Region Argyll and Bute 0.500 0.500 0.500 0.500 Clydebank *0.220 0.045 — — Clydesdale *0.112 0.050 — — Cunninghame 0.912 0.420 0.100 0.100 Dumbarton 0.800 0.350 0.065 0.065 East Kilbride 0.080 0.080 0.085 0.085 Eastwood 0.150 0.150 — — City of Glasgow 8.100 †8.000 — — Hamilton 0.565 0.565 — — Inverclyde 0.500 0.500 — — Kyle and Carrick 0.250 0.250 — — Monklands 1.700 1.570 0.250 0.250 Motherwell 0.540 0.540 — — Renfrew 0.580 0.580 — — Strathkelvin 0.100 0.100 — — Tayside Region Angus — — 0.050 0.050 City of Dundee 0.480 0.480 1.065 0.965 Perth and Kinross 0.300 0.300 0.300 0.300 Islands Areas Western Isles — — 0.700 0.700 Total 22.012 20.233 6.245 6.135 * Late Bids.
† £4 million of this amount is conditional on matching receipts from council house sales.
§ Mr. Russell Johnstonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many applications for the purchase of council houses have been lodged by tenants to (a) each local housing authority in Scotland and (b) other public sector housing authorities in Scotland in terms of part 1 of the Tenants' Rights Etc. (Scotland) Act 1980 as amended.
§ Mr. RifkindThe following table gives the latest available figures, as supplied by authorities at the end of November 1981, on applications to purchase public sector houses received under the Tenants' Rights Etc. (Scotland) Act 1980, as amended. These figures do not include the substantial numbers of applications received by the SSHA348W and the new towns for purchase under voluntary arrangements; nor do I have reliable information about applications to local authorities for voluntary sales.
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Authority Number of Applications Borders Region Berwickshire 70 Ettrick and Lauderdale 180 Roxburgt 254 Tweeddale 121 Central Region Clackmannan 143 Falkirk 1,205 Stirling 266
Authority Number of Applications Dumfries and Galloway Region Annandale and Eskdale 429 Nithsdale 541 Stewartry 196 Wigtown 326 Fife Region Dunfermline 1,523 Kirkcaldy 590 North East Fife 567 Grampian Region Aberdeen City 2,106 Banff and Buchan 503 Gordon 513 Kincardine and Deeside 323 Moray 661 Highland Region Badenoch and Strathspey 114 Caithness 287 Inverness 433 Lochaber 198 Nairn 86 Ross and Cromarty 299 Skye and Lochalsh 96 Sutherland 64 Lothian Region East Lothian 608 Edinburgh City 1,260 Midlothian 796 West Lothian 292 Strathclyde Region Argyll and Bute 473 Bearsden and Milngavie 279 Clydebank 206 Clydesdale (e)106 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 76 Cumnock and Doon Valley 179 Cunninghame 349 Dumbarton 298 East Kilbride 97 Eastwood 122 Glasgow City 3,413 Hamilton 465 Inverclyde 236 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 234 Kyle and Carrick 193 Monklands 373 Motherwell 554 Renfrew 1,591 Strathkelvin 516 Tayside Region Angus 684 Dundee City 304 Perth and Kinross 420 Islands Areas Orkney 183 Shetland 233 Western Isles 282 New Towns East Kilbride 1,119 Glenrothes 475 Cumbernauld 665 Livingston 278 Irvine 19 SSHA 244
§ Mr. Russell Johnstonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland, in the case of each housing authority in Scotland, how many applications to purchase houses in terms of part 1 of the Tenants' Rights Etc. (Scotland) Act 1980 as amended, have resulted in (a) concluded bargains and (b) completed sales.
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§ Mr. RifkindThe information as at 30 November 1981 is as follows. There have also been a substantial number of concluded bargains and completed sales initiated on a voluntary basis.
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Authority Number of bargains Number of completed concluded sales Borders Region Berwickshire 24 23 Ettrick and Lauderdale 106 52 Roxburgh 145 41 Tweeddale 48 23 Central Region Clackmannan 85 89 Falkirk 550 150 Stirling 146 31 Dumfries and Galloway Region Annandale and Eskdale 237 160 Nithsdale 326 256 Stewarty 125 117 Wigtown 295 245 Fife Region Dunfermline 629 481 Kirkcaldy 92 (e)66 North East Fife 247 194 Grampian Region Aberdeen City 770 114 Banff and Buchan 196 120 Gordon 231 34 Kincardine and Deeside 178 136 Moray 263 167 Highland Region Badenoch and Strathspey 82 65 Caithness 167 149 Inverness 240 109 Lochaber 47 32 Nairn 46 24 Ross and Cromarty 161 155 Skye and Lochalsh 42 21 Sutherland 35 35 Lothian Region East Lothian 143 63 Edinburgh City 752 79 Midlothian 92 1 West Lothian 71 54 Strathclyde Region Argyll and Bute 172 51 Bearsden and Milngavie 117 109 Clydebank 88 9 Clydesdale (e)31 (e)31 Cumbemauld and Kilsyth 29 22 Curnmock and Doon Valley 102 102 Cunninghame 164 92 Dumbarton 125 Not known East Kilbride 48 35 Eastwood 75 31 Glasgow City 739 2 Hamilton 208 51 Inverclyde 94 94 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 120 10 Kyle and Carrick 104 85 Monklands 191 68 Motherwell 150 51
Authority Number of begains Number of completed concluded sales Renfrew 429 166 strathkelvin 286 Not known Tayside Region Angus (e)275 126 Dundee City 31 — Perth and Kinross 338 236 Islands Areas Orkney 120 80 Shetland 119 43 Western Isles 148 (e)15 New Towers East Kilbridc 580 435 Glenrothes 299 299 Cumbernauld 604 604 Livingston 135 90 Lrvine 10 10 SSHA 3,333 2,900 (e) Estimate.
Note:
The figures for local authorities and new towns are based on information supplied at the end of November 1981 and relate only to applications under part I of the Tenants' Rights Etc (Scotland) Act 1980, as amended. These figures therefore do not include the substantial numbers of bargains concluded or sales completed under voluntary arrangements. The figures for the Scottish Special Housing Association do include bargains concluded and sales completed under the voluntary arrangements as it is not possible to disaggregate these figures.
§ Mr. Russell Johnstonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland in respect of each housing authority in Scotland, in how many cases sales of houses in terms of part 1 of the Tenants' Rights Etc., (Scotland) Act 1980 as amended (a) have been concluded and (b) have failed to be concluded within the time limits set out in the Act.
§ Mr. RifkindThis information is not collected centrally. It would be extremely difficult to do so because the time limits for the exchange of an offer to sell and a notice of acceptance vary according to the circumstances of individual cases.
§ Mr. Russell Johnstonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland in respect of each housing authority in Scotland, how many additional staff have been employed to deal with applications to purchase houses under the provisions of part 1 of the Tenants' Rights Etc. (Scotland) Act 1980 as amended.
§ Mr. RifkindThis information is not collected centrally.
§ Mr. Russell Johnstonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland in respect of each housing authority in Scotland, how many appeals have been made to the Lands Tribunal for Scotland concerning sales of council house in terms of part 1 of the Tenants' Rights Etc., (Scotland) Act 1980 as amended.
§ Mr. RifkindThe information requested is given in the following table:
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Authority Number of re- ferrals to the Lands Tribunal CENTRAL REGION Falkirk 16 Stirling 30 DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY REGION Annandale and Eskdale 2 Nithsdale 1 FIFE REGION Dunfermline 1 Kirkcaldy 3 North East Fife 1 GRAMPIAN REGION Aberdeen 36 Banff and Buchan 2 HIGHLAND REGION Inverness 2 Ross and Cromarty 3 LOTHIAN REGION East Lothian 124 Edinburgh 3 Midlothian 154 west lothian 2 STRATHCLYDE REGION Argyll and Bute 5 Clydebank 16 Clydesdale 1 Cumnock and Doon Valley 1 Dumbarton 23 Glasgow 317 Hamilton 10 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 3 Kyle and Carrick 1 Motherwell 4 Monklands 4 Renfrew 58 Strathkelvin 4 TAYSIDE REGION Angus 2 Dundee 60 ISLANDS AREAS Orkney 3 Shetland 7 NEW TOWNS Livingston 2 SSHA 2
§ Mr. Russell Johnstonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland in respect of each housing authority in Scotland, how many appeals have been made to the Lands Tribunal for Scotland concerning sales of council houses in terms of part 1 of the Tenants' Rights Etc., (Scotland) Act 1980 as amended.
§ Mr. RifkindThe number of additional staff employed has varied since the 1980 Act came into operation, but it presently stands at eight full-time staff and one part-time. Of these, six are seconded from within existing Scottish Office manpower.