§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the counselling arrangements established for those tenants who have applied to join the Government's rents-to-mortgages scheme.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonCounselling on the Scottish Homes' pilot rent-to-mortgage scheme is available on request from Scottish Homes. Those who express an interest in purchasing their home through the rent-to-mortgage scheme are given full details of the financial implications and of alternative courses of action such as purchasing under the right-to-buy scheme. The precise arrangements are a matter for Scottish Homes.