Statistical Bulletin: HSG/2005/5: Housing Series: Housing trends in Scotland: quarter ending 30 June 2005

Sales Of Public Authority Dwellings

Table 9: Applications to buy public authority dwellings: 1995 to 30 June 2005

Period	Applications by sitting tenants ¹				Tenants choice applications	Total applications
Period	Local authority	New Town	Scottish Homes	Total	Tenants choice applications	Total applications
1995	17,754	1,139	1,880	20,773	19	20,792
1996	20,847	433	1,637	22,917	92	23,009
1997	22,547	-	1,073	23,620	236	23,856
1998	19,449	-	629	20,078	144	20,222
1999	21,533	-	509	22,042	..	22,042
2000	20,019	-	369	20,388	307	20,695
2001	20,148	-	167	20,315	54	20,369
2002	28,233	-	127	28,360	7	28,367
2003	19,715	-	43	19,758	27	19,785
2004	20,238	-	43	20,281	16	20,297
2004 1st Qtr	5,569	-	12	5,581	3	5,584
2004 2nd Qtr	5,771	-	16	5,787	2	5,789
2004 3rd Qtr	5,569	-	9	5,578	7	5,585
2004 4th Qtr ²	3,329	-	6	3,335	4	3,339
2005 1st Qtr ³	5,231	-	8	5,239	-	5,239
2005 2nd Qtr ⁴	5,045	-	3	5,048	-	5,048

Source: Sales 1 returns by local authorities to the Scottish Executive Development Department: Analytical Services Division (Housing Statistics), Scottish Homes data provided by Communities Scotland.
Notes: Please interpret quarter on quarter changes with caution. Following housing stock transfers, figures for Dumfries & Galloway, Glasgow and Scottish Borders councils are not included in the Scotland totals from 2003 Q2.
1. Includes right to buy (old term), right to buy (modernised from 2003 Qtr 4 onwards), rent to mortgage (discontinued from January 2003) and voluntary sales.
2. Includes estimates for Inverclyde based upon 2003 Qtr 4 figures due to outstanding returns.
3. Includes estimate for Clackmannanshire and Inverclyde based upon 2004 Qtr 1 figures due to outstanding returns.
4. Includes estimate for Clackmannanshire and Inverclyde based upon 2004 Qtr 2 figures due to outstanding returns.

Table 10: Sales of public authority dwellings: 1995 to 30 June 2005

Period	Sales to sitting tenants ¹				Tenants choice sales	Other sales ²	Total sales
Period	Local authority	New Town	Scottish Homes	Total	Tenants choice sales	Other sales ²	Total sales
1995	13,374	1,622	1,815	16,811	3	10,666	27,480
1996	11,182	409	1,247	12,838	10	6,348	19,196
1997	15,600	-	917	16,517	177	11,943	28,637
1998	13,596	-	509	14,105	235	7,910	22,250
1999	12,928	-	385	13,313	246	3,070	16,629
2000	13,731	-	250	13,981	430	4,886	19,297
2001	13,017	-	152	13,169	137	4,261	17,567
2002	15,768	-	80	15,848	22	2,138	18,008
2003	15,883	-	58	15,941	15	244	*16,202*
2004	11,328	-	36	*11,364*	14	914	*12,292*
2004 1st Qtr	2,900	-	8	*2,908*	3	329	*3,240*
2004 2nd Qtr	2,472	-	9	*2,481*	1	67	*2,549*
2004 3rd Qtr ³	2,997	-	9	*3,006*	2	232	*3,240*
2004 4th Qtr ⁴	2,959	-	10	*2,969*	8	286	*3,263*
2005 1st Qtr ⁵	2,722	-	3	*2,725*	-	175	*2,900*
2005 2nd Qtr ⁶	2,148	-	5	2,153	-	471	2,624

Source: Sales 1 returns by local authorities to the Scottish Executive Development Department: Analytical Services Division (Housing Statistics), Scottish Homes data provided by Communities Scotland.
Notes: Please interpret quarter on quarter changes with caution. Following housing stock transfers, figures for Dumfries & Galloway, Glasgow and Scottish Borders councils are not included in the Scotland totals from 2003 Q2.
1. Includes right to buy (old term), right to buy (modernised from 2003 Qtr 4 onwards), rent to mortgage (discontinued from January 2003) and voluntary sales.
2. Includes sales to other individuals as well as block sales and transfers.
3. Includes estimates for Inverclyde based upon 2003 Qtr 3 figures due to outstanding returns.
4. Includes estimates for Inverclyde based upon 2003 Qtr 4 figures due to outstanding returns.
5. Includes estimates for Clackmannanshire and Inverclyde based upon 2004 Qtr 1 figures due to outstanding returns.
6. Includes estimates for Clackmannanshire and Inverclyde based upon 2004 Qtr 2 figures due to outstanding returns.

Table 11: Sales of public authority dwellings by local authority: quarters ending 31 March 2004 to 30 June 2005

Area	2004 Q1	2004 Q2	2004 Q3	2004 Q4	2005 Q1	2005 Q2
SCOTLAND	*2,908*	*2,481*	*3,006*	*2,969*	*2,725*	2,153
Local authority	*2,900*	*2,472*	*2,997*	*2,959*	*2,722*	2,148
Aberdeen City	143	113	133	125	146	105
Aberdeenshire	76	44	74	83	74	66
Angus	64	38	63	69	51	33
Argyll & Bute	72	56	72	62	48	49
Clackmannanshire ¹	27	23	34	36	27	23
Dumfries & Galloway	na	na	na	na	na	na
Dundee City	55	65	67	73	79	80
East Ayrshire	105	106	140	138	134	95
East Dunbartonshire	91	34	54	33	46	43
East Lothian	78	61	82	67	53	28
East Renfrewshire	24	17	24	21	29	23
Edinburgh, City of	175	127	122	142	124	85
Eilean Siar	7	16	16	9	12	12
Falkirk	138	176	165	126	166	108
Fife	270	240	309	255	294	174
Glasgow City	na	na	na	na	na	na
Highland	157	129	166	140	135	127
Inverclyde ²	35	27	10	45	35	27
Midlothian	83	69	62	58	31	50
Moray	57	38	51	49	58	28
North Ayrshire	123	99	119	158	111	130
North Lanarkshire	331	242	319	359	296	217
Orkney	10	8	6	3	5	4
Perth & Kinross	83	69	76	47	54	50
Renfrewshire	109	78	134	157	116	113
Scottish Borders, The	na	na	na	na	na	na
Shetland	8	14	7	4	12	17
South Ayrshire	96	83	105	96	90	62
South Lanarkshire	230	262	350	297	218	222
Stirling	65	47	92	60	55	44
West Dunbartonshire	97	90	44	100	115	51
West Lothian	91	101	101	147	108	82
Scottish Homes	8	9	9	10	3	5

Source: Sales 1 returns by local authorities to the Scottish Executive Development Department: Analytical Services Division (Housing Statistics), Scottish Homes data provided by Communities Scotland.
Notes: Please interpret quarter on quarter changes with caution. Includes right to buy (old term), right to buy (modernised from 2003 Qtr 4 onwards), rent to mortgage (discontinued from January 2003) and voluntary sales. Following housing stock transfers, figures for Dumfries & Galloway, Glasgow and Scottish Borders councils are not included in the Scotland totals from 2003 Q2.
1. Includes estimates based upon 2004 Qtr 1 and 2004 Qtr 2 figures due to outstanding returns.
2. Includes estimates based upon 2003 Qtr 4, 2004 Qtr 1 and 2004 Qtr 2 figures due to outstanding returns.

Table 12: Sales of housing association dwellings: 1994-95 to 2004-05

Period	Right to buy / rent to mortgage ¹	Voluntary sales	Open market	Improvement for sale	Shared ownership	Other sales	Total
1994-95	349	33	53	83	44	-	562
1995-96	328	71	101	42	23	-	565
1996-97	519	63	141	162	53	-	938
1997-98	932	28	54	40	47	-	1,101
1998-99	845	29	-	-	-	17	891
1999-00	962	20	128	61	154	13	1,338
2000-01	982	36	159	39	160	36	1,412
2001-02	970	26	182	33	195	34	1,440
2002-03	1,508	58	215	41	281	91	2,194
2003-04 ²	3,188	10	189	28	166	44	3,625
2004-05	2,380	5	152	1	149	42	2,729

Source: Data provided by Communities Scotland. See notes and definitions.
1. The Rent to Mortgage scheme was discontinued in September 2002 and figures only apply up to and including 2002-03. For the period 2003-04, no figures were recorded for Rent to Mortgage.
2. The increase in 2003-04 is due to the inclusion of the Glasgow Housing Association, and the Scottish Borders and Dumfries & Galloway Housing Partnerships subsequent to stock transfer.

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