§ Mr. Norman Hoggasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many municipal and private dwellings have been purchased with local authority finance since 1981; and how many of these dwellings have been repossessed through non-payment of mortgage repayments.
§ Mr. AncramThe information requested is set out in the table:
Year Loans to private persons for purchase of Number of repossessions for default of payment Council houses Other dwellings 1981–82 1,542 3,317 69 1982–83 1,416 1,390 118 1983–84 836 792 * * Information about the number of repossessions is no longer collected. Returns have not been received from Western Isles and Clydebank for 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, West Lothian for 1981–82, 1982–83, Annandale and Eskdale for 1981–82, 1983–84, Tweeddale, Falkirk, Bearsden and Milngavie for 1982–83, 1983–84, Inverness and Dumbarton for 1981–82, Strathkelvin for 1982–83 and Gordon, Badenoch and Strathspey and Dundee for 1983–84.