HC Deb 04 March 1985 vol 74 cc399-400W
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland hwo many tenanted houses of General Needs Housing Association houses have been sold to sitting tenants in Scotland with a discount; and what proportion this is in percentage terms and numbers of the total stock of General Needs Housing Association houses; and which housing association houses have been involved.

Mr. Ancram

The total of houses sold to sitting tenants with a discount up to 31 December 1984 is 45. Details of

Infrastructure Authority Project £
Scottish Development Agency Factory units 97,748
Edinburgh district council Site servicing 27,300
Edinburgh district council Site servicing 443,246
Forth Ports Authority Grain plant 315,000
Scottish Development Agency Drainage and water supply 9,167
Edinburgh district council Site servicing 45,900
Lothian regional council Water supply 12,000
Edinburgh district council Site servicing 525,000
Lothian regional council Water filtration plant 144,000
Lothian regional council Reservoir 87,000
Freightliner Container storage facilities 25,050
Lothian regional council City Bypass Road 1,434,336
Forth Ports Authority Grain handling facilities 250,000
Lothian regional council Sewer 54,000
Lothian regional council Sewer 182,400
Lothian regional council Improvements to B730 360,000
Total 4,012,147

Industry Firm
Nuclear Enterprises Ltd. 47,000
Brown Bros, and Co. 52,079
Wm Muir Bond 9 Ltd. 102,325
Hewlett-Packard Ltd. 241,250
Hewlett-Packard Ltd. 1,476,600
Total 1,919,254

the sales are given in the following table. This total represents less than 1 per cent. of the housing association general needs stock in Scotland.

Housing Association and Location Number of Houses Sold at a Discount
Clyde Housing Association Ltd.
Inverkip 24
Glasgow Fair Housing Association Ltd.
Rutherglen (1) 3
Glasgow-Partick (2)
Gorgie-Dalry Housing Association Ltd.
Edinburgh 12
Lowlands Housing Society Ltd.
Kelso 6
45