§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) how many public sector housing sales have taken place in Scotland since 1975; and how many of these were (a) district council, (b) Scottish Special Housing Association and (c) new town corporation houses;
(2) what percentage of the total public sector stock in Scotland the total number of public sector houses sold represents in the past three years.
§ Mr. RifkindThe following table shows information available from 1975 to second quarter 1979. Later information will be published in a future issue of Scottish Housing Statistics.
Public Sector House Sales Local Authorities 528 New Towns 1,895 SSHA 28 The total sold in the last three years represents 0.2 per cent of the stock.
§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what is the total number of those seeking transfers or exchanges in the public housing sector within districts in Scotland;
(2) what is the total number of those currently on waiting lists for public sector houses in Scotland.
§ Mr. RifkindThis information is not collected by my Department.