HC Deb 29 January 1991 vol 184 cc493-4W
Mr. Maxton

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many owner occupiers and how many tenants received compensation due to displacement of their houses, under the Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973, for each year since 1979.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

Information, by institution, is as follows. The complement figures are as at 1 April 1990 and the vacancy profile is as at January 1991.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

[holding answer 25 January 1991]: Information on the numbers of owner occupiers and tenants who received compensation for the compulsory purchase of their houses is not held centrally. Details are however available on the numbers of home loss payments and disturbance payments made under the Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973. The figures are:

Financial year Number of home loss payments Number of disturbance payments
1979–80 1,645 2,034
1980–81 396 928
1981–82 337 192
1982–83 291 673
1983–84 119 342
1984–85 136 2
1985–86 102 3
1986–87 34 45
1987–88 119 64
1988–89 130 150

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