HC Deb 07 November 1989 vol 159 cc533-4W
Mr. Maxton

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list details of sales of council housing to sitting tenants up to the latest convenient date, by district within regional sub-totals; and what is the percentage of the relevant stock that existed at 30 September 1979 which has been sold to date.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The available information is set out in the following table:

Total sales from 1 April 1979 to 30 June 1989 as a percentage of stock
Total sales from 1 April 1979 to 30 June 1989 1Percentage of stock sold since 1 April 1979
Local authorities 123,692 13.92
Borders 3,160
Berwickshire 613 21.40
Ettrick and Lauderdale 1,101 22.29
Roxburgh 1,115 17.79
Tweeddale 331 20.36
Central 9,100
Clackmannan 1,496 15.67
Falkirk 5,477 16.41
Stirling 2,177 16.77
Dumfries and Galloway 4,763
Annandale and Eskdale 1,134 23.50
Nithsdale 1,933 23.09
Stewartry 711 28.49
Wigtown 985 20.97
Fife 12,664
Dunfermline 4,809 20.81
Kirkcaldy 5,376 20.35
North East Fife 2,479 31.58
Grampian 11,462
Aberdeen 4,400 11.68
Banff and Buchan 2,535 20.46
Gordon 1,367 22.69
Kincardine and Deeside 714 20.03
Moray 2,446 23.20
Highland 4,574
Badenoch and Strathspey 331 31.67
Caithness 814 20.32
Inverness 1,275 18.32
Lochaber 717 21.49
Nairn 228 20.56
Ross and Cromarty 773 12.52
Skye and Lochalsh 160 23.26
Total sales from 1 April 1979 to 30 June 1989 1Percentage of stock sold since 1 April 1979
Sutherland 276 16.12
Lothian 19,160
East Lothian 3,322 20.49
Edinburgh 10,403 18.36
Midlothian 2,780 21.33
West Lothian 2,655 11.79
Strathclyde 47,973
Argyll and Bute 1,064 13.13
Bearsden and Milngavie 406 22.34
Clydebank 1,355 11.54
Clydesdale 965 10.06
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 633 14.55
Cumnock and Doon
Valley 1,096 10.64
Cunninghame 3,259 13.85
Dumbarton 1,158 8.83
East Kilbride 389 24.03
Eastwood 490 24.22
Glasgow 14,441 8.24
Hamilton 2,760 12.10
Inverclyde2 1,933 9.66
Kilmarnock and Loudon 2,149 11.77
Kyle and Carrick 3,652 19.97
Monklands2 2,025 7.09
Motherwell2 2,796 7.03
Renfrew2 5,363 13.60
Strathkelvin 2,039 19.17
Tayside 9,639
Angus 2,664 18.29
Dundee 3,619 9.08
Perth and Kinross 3,356 20.59
Orkney Islands 326 23.04
Shetland Islands 359 15.84
Western Isles 512 23.14
1 Expressed as a percentage of stock as at 30 September 1978.
2 Figures not available for quarter 2 1989.