§ 42. Mr. DoverTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what proportion of Scottish Homes stock has been sold; and what proportion of local authority housing stock has been sold.
§ 73. Mr. Brandon-BravoTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what proportion of Scottish Homes stock has been sold; and what proportion of local authority housing stock has been sold.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonIn the period 1 April 1979 to 30 September 1989, the proportion of houses sold by Scottish Homes and its predecessor the Scottish Special Housing Association was 32.6 per cent. the comparable figure for Scottish local authorities was 14.7 per cent.
Scottish Homes alone has sold 6.7 per cent. of the stock it inherited from the SSHA on 1 April 1989.
§ 69. Mr. GowTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many houses and flats owned previously by local authorities in Scotland have been sold to their former tenants; and what further proposals he has to encourage the spread of home ownership in Scotland.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonSince April 1979, over 124,000 houses and flats have been sold by Scottish local authorities to sitting tenants.
The position on home ownership is reviewed constantly. A number of detailed changes to the right-to-buy legislation will be brought into force by the Local Government and Housing Act 1989.