HC Deb 26 October 1981 vol 10 cc248-50W

Sir Hector Monro asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will state for each housing authority the number of council houses sold in the last convenient 12 months and the number of applications to buy that are outstanding.

Mr. Younger:

The information requested is given in the following table. The sales figures refer only to completed sales. Cases where missives have been concluded but the sale is not yet completed are not included either in the sales figures or in the figures for outstanding applications; the number of such cases cannot be identified precisely but is estimated at between 4,000 and 5,000 for Scotland as a whole. The figures on outstanding applications to purchase are based on information supplied by authorities at the end of September 1981 and relate to applications under part I of the Tenants' Rights, Etc. (Scotland) Act 1980. The figures will, however, include small numbers of applications either where the tenant has received an offer to sell but has decided not to proceed with the purchase or where a landlord authority has been obliged, under the terms of the Act, to issue a notice of refusal. I do not have reliable information about outstanding applications to local authorities for voluntary sales. In addition, the SSHA and new towns have sold 3,343 houses during this period and have approximately 5,200 applications to purchase outstanding.

Authority Sales from 1 July

1980 to 30 June

1981*

Number of

applications to

purchase outstanding

BORDERS REGION
Berwickshire2845
Ettrick and Lauderdale2271
Roxburgh119
Tweeddale996
CENTRAL REGION
Clackmannan8846
Falkirk149533
Stirling11206
DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY REGION
Annandale and Eskdale284
Nithsdale109222
Stewartry70123
Wigtown60152
FIFE REGION
Dunfermline44920
Kirkcaldy179485
North East Fife144232
GRAMPIAN REGION
City of Aberdeen31,385
Banff and Buchan2363
Gordon269
Kincardine and Deeside120156
Moray158421
HIGHLAND REGION
Badenoch and Strathspey1635
Caithness71154
Inverness228
Lochaber13150
Nairn3349
Ross and Cromarty91158
Skye and Lochalsh2658
Sutherland4529
LOTHIAN REGION
East Lothian541
City of Edinburgh735548
Midlothian3732
West Lothian228270
STRATHCLYDE REGION
Argyll and Bute8295
Bearsden and Milngavie76161
Clydebank127
Clydesdale267
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth1652
Cumnock and Doon Valley9380
Cunninghame170190
Dumbarton189
East Kilbride1754
Eastwood5853
City of Glasgow2213,009
Hamilton36329
Inverclyde76128
Authority Sales from 1 July

1980 to 30 June

1981*

Number of

applications to

purchase outstanding

Kilmarnock and Loudoun137
Kyle and Carrick17190 Monklands30316
Motherwell38408
Renfrew881,311
Strathkelvin61270
TAYSIDE REGION
Angus23588
City of Dundee40220
Perth and Kinross230190
ISLANDS AREAS
Orkney5071
Shetland125
Western Isles93140
* Based on incomplete returns.
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