§ Sir David SteelTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the annual value of housing capital receipts accrued by local authorities, and the number of sold properties this represents, in each year since 1981.
§ Mr. LangThe table gives details of local authority housing capital receipts and the number of local authority houses sold in each year since 1981–82.
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Housing capital receipts £ million Houses sales 1981–82 86.9 8,966 1982–83 132.9 12,183 1983–84 162.8 14,081 1984–85 155.3 11,835 1985–86 154.7 11,274 1986–87 141.4 11,324 1987–88 196.2 18,046 1988–89 288.9 25,642 1989–90 331.8 29,529
Housing capital receipts £ million Houses sales 1990–91 296.6 23,460 1991–92 295.3 19,268 Notes:
1. Housing capital receipts are derived from the sale of houses, land and other assets held on local authority housing accounts and from the repayment of loans for house purchase and improvement.
2. House sales include the sales of houses to sitting tenants and the sale of vacant or tenanted houses to third parties.
3. The figures for 1991–92 are provisional.