§ Mr. Michael Forsythasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will state the number of cases since the passage of the Tenants' Rights Etc. (Scotland) Act where applicants to purchase have appealed to the Lands Tribunal, the categories into which such appeals have fallen; how many of each type have been successful, unsuccessful or withdrawn; and what the average time was for each type of appeal to be dealt with.
§ Mr. AncramThe number of applications which were dealt with by the Lands Tribunal for Scotland under the terms of the Tenants' Rights Etc. (Scotland) Act 1980 in 1982 is 416, categorised as follows:
Section 2 Section 3 Section 7 Granted 16 — 138 Refused 4 4 — Withdrawn 23 7 224 Comparable figures for previous years are obtainable from Civil Judicial Statistics, Scotland, 1980 and 1981.
The average time taken to deal with sections 2 and 3 is just under eight months. Applications under section 7 take on average about four months.
§ Mr. Michael Forsythasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the average costs to the taxpayer of dealing with each appeal to the Lands Tribunal arising from the Tenants' Rights Etc. (Scotland) Act.
§ Mr. AncramIt is not possible to give the information in precisely the form requested. However, in the period to December 1982, the Lands Tribunal for Scotland's total costs in dealing with appeals under the Tenants' Rights Etc. (Scotland) Act 1980 have amounted to approximately £209,000. During this period 1,170 cases have been disposed of. A further 78 cases are in varying stages of completion.
§ Mr. Michael Forsythasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will break down the total of appeals made to the Lands Tribunal arising from the Tenants' Rights Etc. (Scotland) Act by housing authority against whom the appeal is made.
§ Mr. AncramThe total number of applications disposed of by the Lands Tribunal for Scotland under the terms of the Tenants' Rights Etc. (Scotland) Act 1980 in the years 1980 to 1982 is 1,170. These may be broken down by housing authority as follows:
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Number Glasgow District Council 334 Midlothian District Council 289 East Lothian District Council 152 Dundee District Council 72 Aberdeen District Council 67 Renfrew District Council 61 Dumbarton District Council 38 Stirling District Council 33
Number Others 124 1,170