HC Deb 07 March 1983 vol 38 cc296-8W
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the names of housing associations in Scotland which have not sold any tenanted houses to their tenants, and the names of those housing associations in Scotland which have sold tenanted houses to sitting tenants, giving figures and the name of the scheme in each case.

Mr. Allan Stewart

Details of sales by housing associations to sitting tenants up to 1 March 1983 are as follows:

Housing Association Number of houses sold Location
Clyde Housing Association Ltd. 15 Inverkip
Glasgow Fair Housing Association Ltd. 3 Rutherglen (1) Glasgow-Partick (2)
Link Housing Association Ltd. 2 Grangemouth
Total 20

The other housing associations operating in Scotland (of which there is a list in the House Library) had not by 1 March sold any houses to sitting tenants.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many housing association houses are tenanted in Scotland, giving the total number; and if he will give a breakdown region by region and district by district.

Mr. Allan Stewart

Housing associations in Scotland have completed a total of approximately 19,500 new build and rehabilitated houses for fair rent, of which it is estimated that some 18,700 are likely to be tenanted at present. Information on numbers of housing association houses in individual regions and districts is not immediately available in the form requested. I shall write to my hon. Friend shortly about this.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many persons reside in the 21,000 completed tenanted houses owned by housing associations in Scotland; and what percentage this represents of the total housing stock.

Mr. Allan Stewart

18,700 of the estimated 19,500 completed fair rent houses are likely to be tenanted at present. Completed houses represent less than one per cent. of the housing stock in Scotland. Information on the number of persons per household within different categories of the housing stock is only available from Census returns. The 1981 census figure was 2.4 persons per household for housing association houses.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will list (a) the names of the 19 charitable housing associations registered with the Housing Corporation in Scotland and (b) the names of the other housing associations operating in Scotland.

Mr. Allan Stewart

The charitable housing associations registered with the Housing Corporation and operating in Scotland are:

  • Aberdeen YWCA (GB) Housing Association Ltd.
  • Barony Housing Association Ltd.
  • Bield Housing Association Ltd.
  • Castlehill Housing Association Ltd.
  • Castle Rock Housing Association Ltd.
  • Central Govan Housing Association Ltd.
  • Edinburgh Soroptimist Housing Association Ltd.
  • Eildon Housing Association Ltd.
  • Glasgow Jewish Housing Association Ltd.
  • Glasgow Old People's Flats Ltd.
  • Good Neighbours Housing Association Ltd.
  • Isaac S. Mackie Housing Association Ltd.
  • The Margaret Blackwood Housing Association Ltd.
  • New Lanark Housing Association Ltd.
  • Oban Housing Association Ltd.
  • Philemon Housing Association Ltd.
  • St. John (Glasgow) Housing Association Ltd.
  • Scottish Council YWCA Housing Association Ltd.
  • Soroptimist (Dundee) Housing Association Ltd.

My hon. Friend will find the names of all registered housing associations in the list which I have placed in the Library.