To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-13887 by Malcolm Chisholm on 8 February 2005, what the (a) lowest, (b) highest and (c) average discount is that has been granted to tenants who purchased their home through right to buy in each local authority area, expressed at 2005 prices.
The following table containsthe minimum, maximum and mean discounts granted between 1979 quarter 2 and 2006quarter 1 to tenants who purchased their home through right to buy, broken downby local authority. The data have been adjusted to 2005 prices.
Discounts Given to TenantsPurchasing their Home through Right to Buy (at 2005 Prices)
Local Authority Area | Right to Buy (Old Terms) | Right to Buy (Modernised) |
Mean (£) | Minimum (£) | Maximum (£) | Mean (£) | Minimum (£) | Maximum (£) |
Scotland | 22,066 | 22 | 153,000 | 12,840 | 1,541 | 20,540 |
Aberdeen City | 26,830 | 61 | 74,970 | 14,134 | 9,000 | 15,405 |
Aberdeenshire | 20,509 | 1,369 | 73,425 | 12,582 | 4,503 | 17,945 |
Angus | 19,256 | 1,948 | 49,929 | 11,162 | 1,948 | 15,899 |
Argyll and Bute | 21,953 | 3,516 | 61,677 | 13,215 | 10,424 | 15,000 |
Clackmannanshire | 21,814 | 680 | 59,327 | n/a | n/a | na |
Dumfries and Galloway | 18,153 | 218 | 44,000 | 11,765 | 9,602 | 15,000 |
Dundee City | 22,218 | 1,502 | 61,677 | 12,602 | 6,840 | 15,000 |
East Ayrshire | 18,426 | 2,886 | 62,852 | 11,738 | 6,000 | 19,065 |
East Dunbartonshire | 25,946 | 1,481 | 105,800 | 14,126 | 11,014 | 15,000 |
East Lothian | 27,095 | 842 | 111,606 | 14,955 | 14,685 | 15,405 |
East Renfrewshire | 23,607 | 1,852 | 58,800 | 13,954 | 13,363 | 14,685 |
Edinburgh | 26,815 | 291 | 153,000 | 13,067 | 7,129 | 15,000 |
Eilean Siar | 16,777 | 1,474 | 41,890 | 9,140 | 9,140 | 9,140 |
Falkirk | 20,803 | 1,270 | 107,935 | 12,332 | 6,853 | 15,000 |
Fife | 18,566 | 22 | 91,047 | 12,742 | 4,212 | 15,405 |
Glasgow | 26,031 | 765 | 97,500 | 13,517 | 1,541 | 15,405 |
Highland | 19,684 | 789 | 76,700 | 13,448 | 7,910 | 20,540 |
Inverclyde | 21,002 | 1,243 | 52,259 | n/a | n/a | na |
Midlothian | 26,338 | 3,937 | 84,586 | 13,020 | 7,393 | 15,000 |
Moray | 19,870 | 2,450 | 63,000 | 11,999 | 8,800 | 15,537 |
North Ayrshire | 18,481 | 168 | 55,803 | 12,539 | 8,615 | 16,946 |
North Lanarkshire | 21,001 | 91 | 63,146 | 12,722 | 7,049 | 15,000 |
Orkney | 18,431 | 4,712 | 40,484 | n/a | n/a | na |
Perth and Kinross | 21,397 | 3,858 | 65,104 | 13,279 | 8,800 | 15,405 |
Renfrewshire | 23,600 | 578 | 56,880 | 12,372 | 6,280 | 15,405 |
Scottish Borders | 18,772 | 1,597 | 71,957 | 12,668 | 8,504 | 15,214 |
Shetland | 22,876 | 3,499 | 51,691 | 14,685 | 14,685 | 14,685 |
South Ayrshire | 21,248 | 1,572 | 73,290 | 14,103 | 9,252 | 15,097 |
South Lanarkshire | 21,743 | 1,058 | 59,915 | 12,248 | 1,849 | 15,405 |
Stirling | 23,318 | 1,657 | 84,000 | 13,602 | 11,259 | 15,405 |
West Dunbartonshire | 24,591 | 2,645 | 70,488 | 12,932 | 6,530 | 15,405 |
West Lothian | 20,157 | 27 | 111,606 | 14,400 | 12,180 | 15,000 |
Source: ScottishExecutive Development Department Analytical Services Division Housing Statisticsbranch.
Notes:
1. For this analysis, the amount of each discount wasconverted to 2005 prices using the UK GDP deflator. The GDP deflator is a measureof inflation across the whole domestic economy.
2. Cases where no discount was granted have been excludedfrom the analysis.
3. In some localauthorities, there have not yet been any sales under modernised right to buy. Thisis indicated by n/a (not applicable).
4. By definition,the maximum and minimum discounts represent data outliers, or atypical extreme values.They are therefore not representative of the data as a whole. If the lowest andhighest 1% of cases with a discount greater than 0 are excluded from the data, theminimum discount under the old terms is £9,477, and the maximum is £42,834. Themean is almost unchanged at £21,569.
5. Right tobuy sales are subject to modernised terms as of 30 September 2002.