§ Mr. Dewarasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many homes in Scotland formerly owned by the public sector had been sold to private owners by 31 December 1985; and of these how many were sold in the year ended 31 December 1985.
§ Mr. RifkindSome 77,000 homes formerly owned by housing authorities have been sold to sitting tenants and to other private individuals during the period 1 April 1979 to 30 September 1985. Of these some 10,700 were sold between 1 January and 30 September 1985. The information available to the Department for the final quarter of 1985 is still incomplete.