HC Deb 25 January 1990 vol 165 cc833-4W
Dr. Godman

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many council properties have been sold to council house tenants in(a) Inverclyde, (b) Strathclyde and (c) Scotland as a whole in each of the past five years; and what proportion of the total stock of council properties in (a), (b) and (c) these sales represent in each of the past five years.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 13 March 1989,Official Report, volume 149, column 36.

Updated information for 1988 and for 1989 is given in the table:

Sales to council house tenants in Inverclyde, Strathclyde and Scotland 1988–89
Number of sales Percentage of stock sold1
1988
Inverclyde 281 1.5
Strathclyde 10,963 2.5
Scotland 22,622 2.7
1989
January-September
Inverclyde 223 1.2
Strathclyde2 9,415 2.2
Scotland2 21,125 2.6

Source: SDD S3 and Rent Returns

1Stock at 30 September of previous year used in calculation.

2Cumnock & Doon Valley and Monklands outstanding for July-September 1989.