§ Mr. Dewarasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give, for 1982 (a) the total number of houses sold by (i) local authorities, (ii) the Scottish Special Housing Association and (iii) new town development corporations, (b) the number in each case sold to sitting tenants, (c) the average selling price, (d) the average percentage discount, and (e) the number of sales financed by local authority loans, on the same basis as the figures published for previous years in "Scottish Housing Statistics".
§ Mr. AncramThe figures requested are as follows:
§ Mr. AncramThe information is as follows:
1981–82 *1982–83 1983–84 £ million £ million £ million Gross receipts attributable to the sale of houses by local authorities 62,170 99.144 104.412 Less Lending by local authorities to finance purchase of local authority houses† 14,884 13.370 13.538 Plus Receipts from repayment of principal of loans to finance purchase of local authority houses 0.449 1.732 1.571 Total net receipts attributable to the sale of houses by local authorities 47.735 87.506 92.445 Notes:
* Provisional figures.
† Where sales are financed by a loan from the local authority, the money accrues to the local authority over the period of the loan rather than at the date of sale.
§ Mr. Dewarasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give such information as is available from his Department's study of council house sales in three local authorities on the types of houses sold, the selling price, and the percentage discount.
§ Mr. AncramThe following figures relate to all sales by all local authorities to sitting tenants during 1982:
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Number £ Percentage Types of houses Houses 9,220 — — Flats and maisonettes 1,446 — — Not known 1 — — Average selling price — 8,375 — Average percentage discount — — 45.0