HC Deb 27 October 1981 vol 10 cc301-5W
Mr. Home Robertson

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will provide the information on the number of public sector house sales, broken down by district, for the second quarter of 1981, in the same format as the first column of the table on page 22 of Scottish Housing statistics number 13.

Mr. Rifkind:

The information requested is as follows:

SCOTLAND *2386
Local Authorities *1499
BORDERS 37
Berwickshire 9
Ettrick and Lauderdale 19
Roxburgh
Tweeddale 9
CENTRAL
Clackmannan 23
Falkirk
Stirling 10
DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY
Annandale and Eskdale
Nithsdale 70
Stewartry 16
Wigtown 51
FIFE 84
Dunfermline 42
Kirkcaldy 8
North East Fife 34
GRAMPIAN
Aberdeen City
Banff and Buchan
Gordon
Kincardine and Deeside 29
Moray 77
HIGHLAND
Banenoch and Strathspey
Caithness 37
Inverness
Lochaber 5
Nairn 33
Ross and Cromarty 62
Skye and Lochalsh 9
Sutherland 16
LOTHIAN
East Lothian
Edinburgh City 214
Midlothian 1
West Lothian 40
STRATHCLYDE
Argyll and Bute
Bearsden and Milngavie 18
Clydebank
Clydesdale 2
Cumbemauld and Kilsyth 1
Cumnock and Doon Valley 67
Cunninghame 92
Dumbarton
East Kilbride 11
Eastwood 18
Glasgow City 178
Hamilton 14
Inverclyde 40
Kilnarnock and Loudoun
Kyle and Carrick 21
Monklands 24
Motherwell
Renfrew 8
Strathkelvin 61
TAYSIDE
Angus
Dundee City 2
Perth and Kinross 71
ISLANDS COUNCILS
Orkney Islands
Shetland Islands
Western Isles 57
SSHA 512
New Town Development
Corporation 375
Cumbernauld 156
East Kilbride 102
Glenrothes 80
Irvine 5
Livingston 32
*Based on incomplete returns.

Mr. Home Robertson

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the latest information on the number of applications to purchase public sector houses under part I of the Tenants' Rights Etc. (Scotland) Act 1980, received by each local authority, each new town development corporation and the Scottish Special Housing Association.

Mr. Rifkind:

The following table gives the latest available figures, as supplied by authorities at the end of September 1981, on applications to purchase public sector houses received under the Tenants' Rights Etc. (Scotland) Act 1980. These figures do not include the substantial numbers of applications received by the SSHA and the new towns for purchase under voluntary arrangements: nor do I have reliable information about applications to local authorities for voluntary sales.

Borders Region
Berwickshire 66
Ettrick and Lauderdale 167
Roxburgh 240
Tweeddale 119
Central Region
Clackmannan 133
Falkirk 1133
Stirling 238
Dumfries and Galloway Region
Annandale and Eskdale 414
Nithsdale 522
Stewartry 210
Wigtown 313
Fife Region
Dunfermline 1441
Kirkcaldy 547
North East Fife 420
Grampian Region
Aberdeen City 2047
Banff and Buchan 483
Gordon 477
Kincardine and Deeside 316
Moray 647
Highland Region
Badenoch and Strathspey 107
Caithness 276
Inverness 390
Lochaber 193
Nairn 84
Ross and Cromarty 289
Skye and Lochalsh 95
Sutherland 59
Lothian Region
East Lothian 573
Edinburgh City 1147
Midlothian 793
West Lothian 308
Strathclyde Region
Argyll and Bute 442
Bearsden and Milngavie 270
Clydebank 195
Clydesdale 98
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 71
Cumnock and Doon Valley 171
Cunninghame 325
Dumbarton 275
East Kilbride 91
Eastwood 113
Glasgow City 3149
Hamilton 441
Inverclyde 220
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 219
Kyle and Carrick 184
Monklands 365
Motherwell 523
Renfrew 1547
Strathkelvin 509
Tayside Region
Angus 659
Dundee City 253
Perth and Kinross 359
Islands Areas
Orkney 182
Shetland 231
Western Isles 253
New Towns
East Kilbride 925
Glenrothes 1108
Cumbernauld 2450
Livingston 256
Irvine 55
SSHA 218

Council House Sales

Mr. Home Robertson

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will explain how the forecast figure of 14,000 sales during the financial year, used by the Under-Secretary of State in his statement to the press dated 1 October 1981, was calculated.

Mr. Rifkind:

The forecast of 14,000 sales to be completed by local authorities during the current financial year takes account of the number of voluntary sales known to be still awaiting completion at May 1981—approximately 1,000—and of the number of sales under the right to buy which are likely to be completed in the current year. I believe that 13,000 is a prudent estimate of the latter figure: in making the estimate I was bearing in mind that the number of applications known to have been received by local authorities by May 1981 was about 20,000—some of which will have led to sales completed before the start of the financial year—and that the number of further applications known to have been received by July 1981 was about 3,000.