HC Deb 13 July 1989 vol 156 cc619-20W
Mr. Home Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the number and total value of council houses sold by each district council in the year 1988–89.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

[holding answer 13 July 1989]: The information requested which is available to date is set out in the table:

Local authority sales to sitting tenants l988–891
District Number of sales Value of receipts£000
SCOTLAND 24,144 243,281
Berwickshire 120 1,254
Ettrick and Lauderdale 159 1,676
Roxburgh 219 2,261
Tweeddale2 27 307
Clackmannan 356 3,568
Falkirk 1,252 12,416
Stirling 457 4,729
Annandale and Eskdale 177 1,933
Nithsdale 417 3,951
Stewartry 86 861
Wigtown 132 1,273
Dunfermline 819 7,631
Kirkcaldy 778 6,761
North East Fife 316 3,372
Aberdeen 643 8,290
Banff and Buchan 322 3,641
Gordon 78 1,075
Kincardine and Deeside 61 851
Moray 372 4,331
Badenoch and Strathspey 53 627
Caithness 93 935
Inverness 169 1,997
Lochaber 116 1,391
Nairn 21 247
Ross and Cromarty2 82 984
Skye and Lochalsh 27 338
Sutherland2 30 319
East Lothian 647 7,868
Edinburgh 2,411 22,396
Midlothian 570 7,144

District Number of sales Value of receipts£000
West Lothian 629 6,297
Argyll and Bute 139 1,524
Bearsden and Milngavie 51 616
Clydebank 468 4,071
Clydesdale 363 3,777
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 187 1,835
Cumnock and Doon Valley n/a n/a
Cunninghame 789 7,686
Dumbarton 383 3,558
East Kilbride 85 923
Eastwood 78 866
Glasgow 3,189 28,742
Hamilton 758 7,856
Inverclyde 263 2,455
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 568 5,421
Kyle and Carrick 775 7,962
Monklands n/a n/a
Motherwell 844 9,082
Renfrew 1,295 13,248
Strathkclvin 477 5,356
Angus 386 4,123
Dundee 812 6,786
Perth and Kinross 469 5,198
Orkney Islands 53 592
Shetland Islands 44 595
Western Isles 29 283
1 Only sales for which complete information is available are included.
2 Returns for question 1 1989 not included.

n/a No returns available.