To ask the Scottish Executive how many council houses have been sold in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority and showing year-on-year percentage changes.
The following table shows thetotal number of sales of council dwellings from 1999 to 2005:
Sales of Council Dwellings: 1999to 2005
Local Authority Area | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
Scotland | 13,188 | 13,959 | 14,607 | 15,943 | 15,889 | 11,626 | 9,821 |
% change from previous year | | 6% | 5% | 9% | | -16% | -16% |
Aberdeen City | 790 | 718 | 670 | 600 | 746 | 515 | 546 |
Aberdeenshire | 320 | 441 | 387 | 449 | 393 | 277 | 325 |
Angus | 228 | 256 | 194 | 236 | 251 | 237 | 314 |
Argyll and Bute | 156 | 108 | 153 | 218 | 299 | 262 | 187 |
Clackmannanshire | 124 | 104 | 136 | 191 | 230 | 120 | 109 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 337 | 396 | 349 | 404 | na | na | na |
Dundee City | 256 | 296 | 1,725 | 237 | 265 | 260 | 281 |
East Ayrshire | 524 | 606 | 505 | 595 | 679 | 489 | 499 |
East Dunbartonshire | 191 | 159 | 167 | 231 | 388 | 223 | 162 |
East Lothian | 193 | 288 | 276 | 471 | 426 | 287 | 178 |
East Renfrewshire | 60 | 118 | 127 | 167 | 141 | 86 | 100 |
City of Edinburgh | 670 | 680 | 524 | 742 | 908 | 890 | 374 |
Eilean Siar | 35 | 33 | 37 | 69 | 64 | 48 | 49 |
Falkirk | 377 | 512 | 566 | 787 | 751 | 605 | 588 |
Fife | 825 | 752 | 860 | 952 | 1,383 | 1,074 | 928 |
City of Glasgow | 1,635 | 1,817 | 1,730 | 1,938 | na | na | na |
Highland | 614 | 677 | 554 | 643 | 646 | 592 | 528 |
Inverclyde | 364 | 389 | 287 | 286 | 282 | .. | .. |
Midlothian | 204 | 186 | 241 | 330 | 384 | 276 | 158 |
Moray | 165 | 158 | 147 | 203 | 183 | 195 | 198 |
North Ayrshire | 391 | 420 | 387 | 493 | 585 | 499 | 487 |
North Lanarkshire | 1,387 | 1,499 | 1,445 | 1,518 | 1,593 | 1,252 | 1,085 |
Orkney | 45 | 29 | 22 | 24 | 34 | 27 | 18 |
Perth and Kinross | 246 | 214 | 178 | 302 | 368 | 275 | 240 |
Renfrewshire | 408 | 461 | 611 | 738 | 670 | 478 | 457 |
Scottish Borders | 244 | 321 | 243 | 220 | na | na | na |
Shetland | 108 | 71 | 54 | 85 | 60 | 33 | 50 |
South Ayrshire | 247 | 227 | 235 | 280 | 470 | 380 | 249 |
South Lanarkshire | 1,166 | 1,100 | 882 | 1,229 | 1,534 | 1,139 | 884 |
Stirling | 212 | 231 | 218 | 309 | 295 | 264 | 176 |
West Dunbartonshire | 251 | 209 | 224 | 305 | 430 | 331 | 295 |
West Lothian | 415 | 483 | 473 | 691 | 846 | 440 | 356 |
Source: Sales 3 returns by localauthorities to the Scottish Executive Development Department Analytical ServicesDivision (Housing Statistics).
Notes:
1. Figures shown are for allsales including sales to sitting tenants,rent to mortgage, voluntary sales, sales to private developers, voluntary transfersto registered social landlords, tenants’ choice sales and other sales.
2. Due to housing stock transfers,figures for Dumfries and Galloway, City of Glasgow and Scottish Borders are excluded from 2003 onward, andthe percentage change between 2002 and 2003 is therefore not shown.
3. The following symbols areused:
- nil.
.. not available.
na not applicable.