HC Deb 22 January 1991 vol 184 cc140-1W
Mr. Maxton

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give a breakdown of Scottish Homes sales under the rents to mortgage scheme in each of Scottish Homes district office areas from October 1989 to the nearest available date.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The information is set out in the table:

Position at 31 December 1990
Scottish Homes district office area Sales
Edinburgh 3
Lothian and Borders 28
Central 9
Fife 11
Grampian 17
Tayside 7
Highlands and Islands 4
Lanarkshire 2
Renfrew and Inverclyde 14
Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway 8
Glasgow North and East 6
Glasgow South 1
Glasgow West 1
TOTAL 111

In addition, nine sales have been made to tenants of new town development corporations.

Mr. Maxton

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what income Scottish Homes received in capital receipts from house sales in the third quarter of 1990–91 from(a) right-to-buy sales, (b) rents-to-mortgage sales, (c) sales under the portable discount scheme and (d) vacant possession sales.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The information is as follows:

£ million
Right to Buy sales 10.430
Rent to Mortgage sales 0.874
Portable Discount scheme 0.276
Vacant Possession sales 0.908
Total 12.488

All the above figures include receipts from miscellaneous items such as building insurance and repair funds. Figures net of these miscellaneous items are not currently available for each type of sale.

Mr. Maxton

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what income Scottish Homes has received from(a) enabling receipts, (b) stock disposal, (c) voluntary transfers, (d) house sales and (e) disposal of non-housing assets in the first, second and third quarters of 1990–91.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The information is set out in the table.

1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter Total to 31 December 1990 Quarter
£ million £million £million £ million
Enabling Receipts 5.713 3.229 6.911 15.853
Stock Disposal 0.613 0.387 0.306 1.306
Voluntary Transfers
House Sales 5.131 8.666 12.322 26.119
Disposal of non-Housing Assets 0.024 0.468 0.037 0.529
Total 11.481 12.750 19.576 43.807

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