§ Mr. WelshTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the number of local authority tenants who have(a) applied and (b) purchased their home under the
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Authority Total applications Applications withdrawn Sales Applications in process Berwickshire 7 3 — 4 Ettrick and Lauderdale 9 5 1 3 Roxburgh 2 1 — 1 Tweeddale 2 1 1 — Clackmannan 7 1 1 5 Falkirk 28 14 — 14 Stirling 11 3 4 4 Annandale and Eskdale 9 4 — 5 Nithsdale 13 5 1 7 Stewartry 7 4 — 3 Wigtown 8 3 — 5 Dunfermline 28 13 — 15 Kirkcaldy 34 12 4 18 North East Fife 24 11 — 13 Aberdeen 102 29 — 73 Banff and Buchan 7 3 — 4 Gordon 25 6 — 19 Kincardine and Deeside 25 4 — 21 Moray 28 10 — 18 Badenoch and Strathspey 5 1 — 4 Caithness — — — — Inverness 5 1 — 4 Lochaber 10 1 — 9 Nairn 3 1 — 2 Ross and Cromarty 5 4 — 1 Skye and Lochalsh 1 — — 1 Sutherland 1 — — 1 East Lothian 36 16 9 11 Edinburgh 21 11 — 10 Midlothian 23 12 6 5 West Lothian 21 11 — 10 Argyll and Bute 18 7 — 11 Bearsden and Milngavie 12 2 — 10 Clydebank 6 1 — 5 Clydesdale 4 1 — 3 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 5 4 — 1 Cumnock and Doon Valley 6 2 — 4 Cunninghame 14 8 — 6 Dumbarton 4 2 — 2 East Kilbride 2 1 — 1 Eastwood 7 2 2 3 Glasgow 23 15 — 8 Hamilton 21 5 — 16 Inverclyde 13 6 — 7 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 17 9 — 8 Kyle and Carrick 33 17 3 13 Monklands 10 2 1 7 Motherwell 15 6 — 9 Renfrew 46 22 7 17 Strathkelvin 24 10 — 14 Angus 13 3 4 6 Dundee 7 5 1 1 Perth and Kinross 30 14 — 16 Orkney 4 1 1 2 Shetland 2 1 — 1 Western Isles — — — — Dumfries and Galloway RC 1 — — 1 Strathclyde regional council 2 — — 2 Total 846 336 46 464 rents-to-mortgages scheme since its extension to local authority tenants; and if he will provide a breakdown by local authority.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 17 June 1992]: Based on returns to 31 May 1992, a total of 846 local authority tenants have applied to purchase their home under the rents-to-mortgages scheme. Of these, 46 have already purchased, 336 have withdrawn their application and the remaining 464 applications are currently being processed. Many of those who have withdrawn their application have opted instead to purchase under the right to buy. The breakdown by local authority is shown in the table.