§ Mr. Hirstasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list details of sales of council housing to sitting tenants up to the latest convenient date, by district within regional sub-totals; and if he will indicate the percentage of the relevant housing stock sold.
§ Mr. AncramThe details requested on sales of council housing by local authorities new towns and the Scottish Special Housing Association are set out in the following table. The information given covers the period from 1 April 1979 to 30 September 1984.
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Sales of Public Sector Houses to Sitting Tenants 1 April 1975 to 30 September 1984 Area Local Authority sales
Stock at 30 September 1979 Number of sales Sales as a percentage of stock Borders 15,741 1,217 7.7 Berwickshire 2,865 247 8.6 Ettrick and Lauderdale 4,982 426 8.6 Roxburgh 6,266 376 6.0 Tweeddale 1,628 168 10.3 Central 56,322 3,038 5.4 Clackmannan 9,652 510 5.3 Faikirk 33,530 1,928 5.8 Stirling 13,140 600 4.6 Dumfries and Galloway 20,801 1,823 8.8 Annandale and Eskdale 4,958 *319 6.4 Nithsdale 8,589 683 8.0 Stewartry 2,545 349 13.7 Wigtown 4,709 472 10.0 Fife 57,792 5,985 10.4 Dunfermline 23,200 2,428 10.5 Kirkcaldy 26,593 2,297 8.6 North East Fife 7,999 1,260 15.8 Grampian 71,246 4,927 6.9 Aberdeen City 38,268 1,785 4.7 275W
Area Local Authority sales
Stock at 30 September 1979 Number of sales Sales as a percentage of stock Banff and Buchan 12,651 1,020 8.1 Gordon 6,095 793 13.0 Kincardine and Deeside 3,626 399 11.0 Moray 10,606 930 8.8 Highland 25,548 2,032 8.0 Badenoch and Strathspey 1,071 144 13.4 Caithness 4,302 404 9.4 Inverness 7,013 601 8.6 Lochaber 3,367 169 5.0 Nairn 1,109 118 10.6 Ross and Cromarty 6,255 380 6.1 Skye and Lochalsh 700 69 9.9 Sutherland 1,731 147 8.5 Lothian 108,789 6,816 6.3 East Lothian 16,248 1,163 7.2 Edinburgh City 56,848 3,594 6.3 Midlothian 13,162 1,181 9.0 West Lothian 22,531 *878 3.9 Strathclyde 460,040 11,582 2.5 Argyll and Bute 8,300 417 5.0 Bearsden and Milngavie 1,817 220 12.1 Clydebank 11,825 233 2.0 Clydesdale 9,661 128 1.3 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 4,385 134 3.1 Cumnock and Doon Valley 10,351 *251 2.4 Cunninghame 23,564 *752 3.2 Dumbarton 13,115 *226 1.7 East Kilbride 1,624 122 7.5 Eastwood 2,029 224 11.0 Glasgow City 174,996 3,032 1.7 Hamilton 22,856 573 2.5 Inverclyde 20,056 546 2.7 Kilmaraock and Loudoun 18,188 499 2.7 Kyle and Carrick 18,341 976 5.3 Monklands 28,540 339 1.2 Motherwell 39,912 613 1.5 Renfrew 39,511 1,658 4.2 Strathkelvin 10,959 639 5.8 Tayside 70,998 3,729 5.3 Angus 14,579 1,114 7.6 Dundee City 40,117 828 2.1 Perth and Kinross 16,303 1,787 11.0 Orkney 1,450 *155 10.7 Shetland 2,424 202 8.3 Western Isles 2,390 *312 13.1 Total Local Authorities 893,541 *41,818 4.7
Area Local Authority sales
Stock at 30 September 1979
Number of sales Sales as a percentage of stock
Scottish Special Housing Association 92,558 10,172 11.0 New Towns Cumbernauld 10,918 2,452 22.5 East Kilbride 18,843 3,683 19.5 Glenrothes 8,985 2,060 22.9 Irvine 4,204 229 5.4 Livingston 10,218 1,010 9.9 Total New Towns 53,168 9,434 17.7 Total Public Sector 1,039,267 *61,424 5.9 * Based on incomplete returns.