Right to Buy & council housing stock levels

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Dear Housing and Regeneration Directorate,

Please supply:

The total number of COUNCIL homes in the UK just before Right to Buy was introduced.

The subsequent total numbers of COUNCIL homes at five year (or near) intervals, till now.

The number of RTB (COUNCIL home) sales, and the number of council home new builds for the same periods.

Many thanks,

Yours faithfully,

P. Smith.

Housing and Regeneration Directorate (Scotland)

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Dear Housing and Regeneration Directorate,

Thank you for your reply. I am sorry I didn't realise you were specifically a Scottish agency - however, I would be grateful if you could supply the information if you do by chance have it, or signpost me to who would have it and be able to supply it. Many thanks,

Yours faithfully,

P. Smith

Housing and Regeneration Directorate (Scotland)

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Good afternoon

I attach an acknowledgement of your request.

Kind regards

Ross

Ross Wilson
Right to Buy Policy Adviser

Highlander House
58 Waterloo Street
Glasgow G2 7DA

0141 305 4086

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Dear Housing and Regeneration Directorate,

Thank you. I look forward to your response.

Yours faithfully,

P. Smith

Housing and Regeneration Directorate (Scotland)

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Dear Sir/madam

Freedom of information request

Further to your request of 23 November  under the Freedom of Information
(Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA) for  information on council home numbers,
sales and new builds since just before the introduction of right to buy, I
am pleased to advise that I have now obtained the information for you. 
Housing statistics for Scotland are publicly available on our website at –

[1]http://www.scotland.gov.uk/topics/statis...

There is a range of data there that may prove helpful for you if you
require any information in future.

Most of the information you requested is available at the above link, and,
under section 25(1) of FOISA, we are not required to provide information
in response to a request if it is already reasonably accessible to you. 
Nevertheless, I have identified the tables you need and tried to explain
them for you.  I have also obtained for you any relevant figures that are
not available at the link above.  I hope this will be sufficient to meet
your requirements.

First, I attach an excel document showing most of the statistics relevant
to your current enquiry.  The tabs at the bottom move you onto the figures
you require for the different parts of your enquiry.  You will note that
these give the figures for each individual year. In that way you can get
the answers you need and compare and contrast the figures every year, at
five year intervals as you mentioned in your request, or whatever other
period you wish to look at. 

<<Stats.xls>>

For ease of reference –

First tab (Right to buy (RTB) sales notes

This provides some explanation of the statistics.

Second tab (RTB Sales Calendar Year)

This shows right to buy sales from 1979 (you may need to scroll up) .  The
first column specifically shows council house sales but from 2003 column 3
is also relevant as this shows the sales from stock transfer housing
associations (RSLs).  As you may know, these sales relate to houses that
were previously council houses but were transferred to housing
associations, so you may wish to  include these.

Third tab (RTB Sales Financial Year)

This is the same as the previous tab except that it shows sales by
financial year rather than calendar year.

Fourth tab (LA stock)

This shows (in thousands) council housing stock from December 1979.

Fifth tab (LA new build)

This shows council house new builds started and completed by both calendar
and financial year from 1986 to 1996.  1986 is the earliest date for which
figures are available. Subsequent figures are shown in the following table
by calendar year –

<<calendar year.xls>>

and in the following table by financial year –

<<financial year.xls>>

In these tables, the figure for the whole of Scotland is at the top but
separate figures for each council are also shown if this is of interest to
you. 

I hope this is helpful, but if you require any clarification please feel
free to contact me, after 17 December, as I am not available next week.  I
will be happy to go through any of this with you.

If you are unhappy with this response to your request, you may ask us to
carry out an internal review, by writing to Francesa Osowska, Director for
Housing, Regeneration and the Commonwealth Games, Scottish Government,
Victoria Quay, Edinburgh EH6 6QQ.   Your request should explain why you
wish a review to be carried out, and should be made within 40 working days
of receipt of this email, and we will reply within 20 working days of
receipt.  If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then
have the right to make a formal complaint to the Scottish Information
Commissioner

Yours faithfully

Ross Wilson

Right to Buy Policy Adviser

 

 

Ross Wilson

Right to Buy Policy Adviser

Highlander House

58 Waterloo Street

Glasgow G2 7DA

0141 305 4086

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Dear Housing and Regeneration Directorate,

Many thanks, I look forward to reading through the information.

Yours faithfully,

P. Smith