§ Mr. FoulkesTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what proposals he has received from district councils for transfer of housing stocks to housing associations or private landlords. [15817]
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe Secretary of State receives many requests from district councils to transfer housing to housing associations and private 579W landlords. Since January 1989, he has approved over 180 applications to transfer a total of over 13,000 houses to the private sector, mainly to locally based housing associations.