HC Deb 27 July 1989 vol 157 cc885-7W
Mr. Nigel Griffiths

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many right-to-buy sales of(a) detached houses, (b) semi-detached houses, (c) terraced houses, (d) flats or maisonettes and (e) four in a block type dwellings by each local authority in Scotland and for Scotland as a whole were completed during each year from 1980–81 to 1988–89.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The breakdown requested was not collected prior to 1986. Information collected centrally prior to 1986 does not differentiate between sales under the right-to-buy provisions and

Local Authority Right to Buy sales, Scotland, 1980–81 to 1988–89. Value of discount (£000)1
District 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89
Berwickshire 112 236 225 314 612 234 791 535 1,195
Ettrick and Lauderdale 19 521 535 1,164 1,630 949 950 1,362 1,774
Roxburgh n.a. 827 449 846 1,344 644 1,059 1,573 2,311
Tweeddale n.a. 341 282 367 229 207 228 399 327
Clackmannan 558 501 541 1,267 1,079 769 966 2,447 4,110
Falkirk 294 1,413 3,419 5,521 4,778 3,943 4,139 8,351 14,223
Stirling 192 304 552 1,987 2,034 1,766 2,803 3,539 5,270
Annandale and Eskdale 71 1,047 915 657 707 788 897 1,387 1,989
Nithsdale 226 1,285 1,056 1,190 961 1,397 2,020 2,831 4,418
Stewartry 359 705 392 238 411 370 476 906 795
Wigtown 46 1,047 438 851 728 599 698 1,009 1,287
Dunfermline 6 3,521 3,252 5,436 4,142 3,163 2,963 5,535 8,854
Kirkcaldy 1,553 812 2,614 3,470 4,902 5,342 3,647 5,632 8,140
North East Fife 783 1,596 2,133 2,145 1,517 1,654 2,000 2,398 3,340
Aberdeen n.a. 1,170 5,328 7,007 8,721 5,353 4,656 6,435 9,574
Banff and Buchan 705 6089 1,406 2,433 2,817 2,866 2,411 2,381 3,208
Gordon n.a. 816 1,565 2,710 2,225 1,320 1,604 1,065 928
Kincardine and Deeside 637 746 738 879 703 1,028 629 787 773
Moray 567 1,326 1,034 2,090 2,716 2,562 2,468 3,288 4,323
Badenoch and Strathspey n.a. 524 140 240 159 144 449 424 567

voluntary sales to sitting tenants. Tables giving the information available have been placed in the House Library.

Mr. Nigel Griffiths

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the value of right-to-buy discounts in thousands of pounds by each local authority in Scotland and for Scotland as a whole during each year from 1980–81 to 1988–89.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

Information collected centrally prior to 1986 does not differentiate between sales under the right-to-buy provisions and voluntary sales to sitting tenants. The available information is set out in the following table.

District 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89
Caithness 125 682 502 507 423 559 514 943 839
Inverness n.a. 1,264 1,371 1,148 772 1,325 1,040 1,311 1,871
Lochaber 54 303 242 332 380 382 882 1,276 1,337
Nairn n.a. 297 204 222 401 223 231 169 259
Ross and Cromarty 169 833 496 729 388 519 851 743 792
Skye and Lochalsh 109 144 66 70 143 177 226 174 344
Sutherland 140 212 144 136 81 154 132 255 240
East Lothian n.a. 623 3,558 2,820 4,073 2,471 3,218 7,419 9,161
Edinburgh 3,988 5,561 6,066 7,479 8,395 10,101 7,362 16,219 38,827
Midlothian n.a. 531 3,022 4,246 3,034 2,255 2,293 4,393 8,268
West Lothian 1,217 865 1,209 2,130 1,949 2,345 2,277 3,738 6,801
Argyll and Bute 8 674 794 1,160 1,091 1,392 1,359 1,400 1,594
Bearsden and Milngavie 425 393 244 523 413 296 140 219 619
Clydebank n.a. 8 744 691 544 822 1,507 2,706 6,213
Clydesdale n.a. 230 199 360 390 759 913 1,359 3,864
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 128 232 126 346 253 507 817 1,273 2,334
Cumnock and Doon Valley 155 504 276 493 356 435 1,197 1,072 n.a.
Cunninghame 1,451 983 858 1,169 1,827 1,818 2,647 5,643 8,757
Dumbarton n.a. 325 636 796 856 787 1,101 1,978 4,573
East Kilbride 44 410 188 170 226 335 454 633 1,044
Eastwood 490 436 232 296 367 235 660 827 1,003
Glasgow n.a. 1,660 13,854 8,169 6,223 8,106 10,989 27,703 46,086
Hamilton 161 411 1,751 1,275 1,442 1,447 2,664 6,377 8,411
Inverclyde 262 550 819 1,338 1,416 2,907 2,176 3,512 3,594
Kilmarnock and Loudoun n.a. 928 464 1,400 1,238 1,613 2,302 3,020 6,037
Kyle and Carrick 1,505 627 1,335 2,101 2,553 3,270 4,455 7,126 9,176
Monklands n.a. 550 839 674 687 1,176 3,117 1,709 n.a.
Motherwell 96 912 1,471 1,406 1,423 2,570 2,948 5,894 9,972
Renfrew n.a. 2,319 4,617 3,166 3,443 4,048 4,917 12,722 19,116
Strathkelvin 500 1,603 1,087 1,429 1,025 1,761 2,384 4,525 6,487
Angus 349 1,567 1,827 2,843 2,931 2,309 2,274 3,235 3,978
Dundee 240 744 1,410 1,581 3,134 3,246 3,348 5,915 9,135
Perth and Kinross 1,191 1,901 3,839 3,015 2,879 2,301 2,336 3,546 5,303
Orkney 338 441 164 96 97 116 308 368 564
Shetland n.a. 470 426 444 232 285 308 453 523
Western Isles 213 781 207 625 346 364 281 307
Scotland 19,484 50,315 82,300 96,199 97,845 98,510 110,598 192,421 304,835
1Including sales tenants on voluntary basis prior to 1986
n.a. =Not available

Mr. Nigel Griffiths

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what was the(a) market valuation and (b) actual selling price of (i) detached houses, (ii) semi detatched houses, (iii) terraced houses, (iv) flats or maisonettes, and (v) four-in-a-block type dwellings for each local authority in Scotland and for Scotland as a whole during each year from 1980–81 to 1988–89.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The breakdown requested was not collected prior to 1986. Tables giving the information available have been placed in the House Library.

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