§ Mr. Corrieasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many applications from tenants for the purchase of their homes from Cunninghame district council are outstanding at present.
§ Mr. AncramI understand from information supplied by Cunninghame district council that the district council had 225 applications to buy outstanding at 31 March 1984.
§ Mr. Corrieasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many local authority dwellings were let to new tenants in the years 1976–77 to 1982–83 inclusive (a) through the waiting list, normal allocation and (b) other.
§ Mr. AncramInformation for the years 1980–81 to 1982–83 is set out in the following table; comparable figure for earlier years are not available.
Local authority dwellings let to new tenants Type of allocation (a) (b) Year Through the waiting list (normal allocation) Other methods 1980–81 38,000 5,000 1981–82 37,000 5,000 1982–83 36,000 6,000
§ Mr. Norman Hoggasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the number of houses let for rent in each of the new towns in each year from 1979.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe stock of houses which at any one time is let for rent varies throughout the course of a year for a variety of reasons. The average number of houses let for rent during each of the years in question is as follows:
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 East Kilbride 18,675 17,950 17,389 16,687 16,077 Glenrothes 8,773 8,624 8,704 8,717 8,361 Cumbernauld 10,907 10,475 9,996 9,714 9,547 Livingston 9,510 9,973 10,223 10,158 10,130 Irvine 3,976 4,283 4,184 4,197 4,608