§ Mr. Craigenasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the amount of home loans granted by housing authorities in Scotland to public sector tenants in each of the past years for which figures are available since 1981.
§ Mr. AncramThe table shows the amount of loans granted to private persons for the purchase, or purchase and improvement, of public sector houses. The fall in the amounts over the years quoted reflects the increasing proportion of public sector house purchase financed by private sector mortgages.
Amount of loans granted £ million Financial year Local authorities New Towns* SSHA* 1981–82 10.97 11.88 7.26 1982–83 10.82 2.43 2.50 1983–84 6.35 4.14 0.39 *Purchase only. Returns have not been received from Western Isles, Clydebank and West Lothian for 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84; Annandale and Eskdale for 1981–82, 1983–84 Tweeddale, Falkirk, Stirling and Bearsden and Milngavie for 1982–83, 1983–84; Inverness and Dumbarton for 1981–82; Strathkelvin for 1982–83; and North East Fife, Gordon, Badenoch and Strathspey, and Dundee for 1983–84.
§ Mr. Craigenasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the amount of arrears outstanding on mortgage payments due by tenants in the public sector buying their houses in each of the past years for which figures are available since 1981.
§ Mr. AncramThe information requested is not held centrally.