§ Mr. Craigenasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the total number of public sector houses sold in Scotland up to the latest practicable reporting date (a) by 69W local authorities, (b) by the Scottish Special Housing Association and (c) by new town development corporations; and what percentage of the respective total housing stocks these figures represent.
§ Mr. AncramThe figures requested are shown in the table for the period 1 January 1973 to 30 September 1983.
Number of Sales Sales as a percentage of stock at September 1978 Local Authorities 32,011 3.7 New Town 11,403 21.8 SSHA 7,982 8.8 70W
Number of Houses reported Sold 1 October 1980 to 30 September 1983 District Local Authority New Town SSHA TOTAL Per cent. of 1980 Stock Houses sold to sitting tenants Berwickshire 140 — 2 142 4.9 142 Ettrick and Lauderdale 243 — 61 304 5.1 304 Roxburgh 247 — 65 312 4.3 312 Tweedale 126 — 27 153 7.9 151 Clackmannan 291 — 58 349 3.0 348 Falkirk 937 — 253 1,190 3.2 1,183 Stirling 169 — 19 188 1.3 188 Annandale and Eskdale 203 — 23 226 4.3 226 Nithsdale 531 — 22 553 5.9 553 Stewartry 271 — 3 274 10.5 274 Wigtown 364 — — 364 7.6 364 Dunfermline 1,614 — 775 2,389 8.4 2,388 Kirkcaldy 1,118 1,166 194 2,478 6.5 2,366 North East Fife 891 — — 891 11.2 891 City of Aberdeen 981 — 389 1,370 3.5 1,368 Banff and Buchan 500 — 19 519 3.9 518 Gordon 486 — 183 669 10.4 669 Kincardine and Deeside 323 — 99 422 10.2 422 Moray 402 — 28 430 3.9 429 Badenock and Strathspey 103 — — 103 9.5 103 Caithness 350 — 23 373 7.9 370 Inverness 477 — 193 670 7.8 670 Lochaber 117 — 22 139 3.7 139 Nairn 85 — 42 127 9.4 127 Ross and Cromarty 294 — 60 354 5.1 354 Skye and Lochalsh 54 — — 54 7.1 54 Sutherland 107 — 1 108 5.9 108 East Lothian 691 — 84 775 4.4 775 City of Edinburgh 2,405 — 382 2,787 4.8 2,787 Midlothian 699 — 408 1,107 6.3 1,103 West Lothian 536 623 281 1,440 3.9 1,421 Argyll and Bute 266 — 29 295 3.5 295 Bearsden and Milngavie 144 — 7 151 7.5 151 Clydebank 118 — 47 165 1.1 165 Clydesdale 85 — 13 98 0.9 98 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 79 741 4 824 4.6 823 Cumnock and Doon Valley 156 — 29 185 1.5 185 Cunninghame 349 136 168 653 2.1 646 Dumbarton 124 — 162 286 1.8 286 East Kilbride 76 2,080 1 2,157 9.3 2,106 Eastwood 139 — 1 140 6.6 140 City of Glasgow 2,327 — 351 2,678 1.4 2,617 Hamilton 395 — 190 585 2.4 584 Inverclyde 308 — 318 626 2.7 624 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 333 — 142 475 2.3 475 Kyle and Carrick 464 — 91 555 2.8 555 Mondlands 262 — 135 397 1.3 395 Motherwell 416 — 153 569 1.4 569 Renfrew 1,130 — 713 1,843 3.9 1,841 Strathkelvin 531 — 89 620 5.2 620 Angus 702 — 130 832 5.2 832 City of Dundee 221 — 130 351 0.8 347 Perth and Kinross 1,291 — 9 1,300 8.1 1,296 Orkney 149 — — 149 9.3 149 Shetland 172 — 15 187 6.9 187
§ Mr. Craigenasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list (a) the total number of houses sold by (i) local authorities, (ii) the Scottish. Special Housing Association and (iii) new town development corporations in each local authority district since the enactment of the Tenants' Rights, Etc. (Scotland) Act 1980, (b) the numbers in each district sold to sitting tenants and (c) the percentage of the total public sector stock sold in each district.
§ Mr. AncramThe information requested is set out in the following table:
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District Local Authority New Town SSHA TOTAL Per cent, of 1980 Stock Houses sold to sitting tenants Western Isles 287 — — 287 11.4 287 Scotland 26,279 4,746 6,643 37,668 3.6 37,380
§ Mr. Craigenasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give a breakdown of the numbers of council house sales from January 1983 up to the latest practicable reporting date, according to the level of the percentage discount awarded to the buyers.
§ Mr. AncramThe following table shows the number of local authority houses reported as sold between 1 January and 30 September 1983 by the percentage discount awarded to the buyers.
Loal authority house sales since January 1983 Percentage discount Number of sales Under 10 39 10 but less than 20 25 20 but less than 30 59 30 but less than 33 25 33 but less than 35 352 35 but less than 40 1,277 40 but less than 45 1,905 45 but less than 50 1.505 50 and over 2,958 Not stated 2 Total Sales 8,147
§ Mr. Craigenasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the average selling price of (a) local authority, (b) new town development corporation and (c) Scottish Special Housing Association houses sold to sitting tenants in 1980, 1981, 1982 and for each quarter of 1983.
§ Mr. AncramThe information requested for 1980, 1981, 1982 and the first three quarters of 1983 is set out in the table. Details for quarter four 1983 are not yet available.
Average selling price (£) Date of sale Local Authority (a) New Town (b) SSHA(c) 1980 7,113 8,088 9,111 1981 7,592 9,044 8,618 1982 8,369 9,450 9,770 First quarter 1983 8,973 10,084 10,245 Second quarter 1983 8,867 10,324 10,621 Third quarter 1983 8,995 9,807 10,741
§ Mr. Craigenasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will use the information available from his Department's study of council house sales in three local authorities to give a year by year breakdown of the length of tenancy of purchasers, including tenancies of 20 or more years.
§ Mr. AncramThe following information on the length of tenancy of purchasers of local authority houses is taken from a Scottish development department study carried out in the districts of Strathkelvin, Dunfermline and north-east Fife in the autumn of 1982.
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Length of tenancy and percentage of purchasers in sample No. of years Percentage 3–5 2.4 6–9 8.7 10–14 23.0 15–19 18.2 20–29 30.2 30 or more 12.9 No information 4.6 Total 100 Sample size= 658
§ Mr. Craigenasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give a breakdown of the sizes of council houses sold to sitting tenants either on a national basis or using the findings of his Department's study of council house sales in three local authorities.
§ Mr. AncramThe table gives a breakdown of the size of local authority houses reported sold to sitting tenants in Scotland between 1 October 1980 and 30 September 1983.
Number of apartments Number of sales 1 9 2 242 3 11,455 4 13,018 5 or more 1,332