HC Deb 26 October 1992 vol 212 c531W
Mr. McLeish

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total amount of income received from the sale of(a) local authority houses and (b) new towns houses in each of the years since the inception of the right-to-buy scheme.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

[holding answer 23 October 1992]: The information requested is shown in the table as follows:

£ million
Income received from the sale of:
Local authority houses New towns houses
1980–81 19.9 12.1
1981–82 62.7 16.5
1982–83 102.3 16.0
1983–84 123.2 22.0
1984–85 119.2 20.4