Sales of social sector dwellings
Table 11 Applications to buy social sector dwellings: 1998-99 to 31 December 2006
Period | Applications by sitting tenants 1 | Tenants choice applications | Total applications |
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Local authority | Scottish Homes | Housing association | Total |
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1998-99 | 20,048 | 603 | 1,322 | 21,973 | - | 21,973 |
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1999-00 | 21,670 | 458 | 1,224 | 23,352 | 58 | 23,410 |
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2000-01 | 18,869 | 302 | 1,276 | 20,447 | 252 | 20,699 |
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2001-02 | 21,605 | 160 | 1,507 | 23,272 | 56 | 23,328 |
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2002-03 | 28,203 | 107 | 1,972 | 30,282 | 14 | 30,296 |
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2003-04 | 19,229 | 68 | 3,539 | 22,836 | 18 | 22,854 |
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2004-05 2 | 19,882 | 39 | 4,364 | 24,285 | 13 | 24,298 |
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2005-06 2 | 16,328 | 3 | 3,670 | 20,001 | - | 20,001 |
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2005 Q2 2 | 5,047 | 3 | | | - | |
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2005 Q3 2 | 4,318 | | | | - | |
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2005 Q4 2 | 3,105 | | | | - | |
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2006 Q1 2 | 3,858 | | | | - | |
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2006 Q2 2 | 3,836 | | | | - | |
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2006 Q3 2 | 4,019 | | | | - | |
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2006 Q4 2,3 | 3,169 | | | | - | |
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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: Publications prior to November 2006 contained figures for public authorities only. Housing association data are collected annually, and therefore total sales for individual quarters are not shown. Please see explanatory notes on page 3 for details of transferred housing stock.
1. Includes right to buy (old term), right to buy (modernised terms from 2003 Q4 onwards), rent to mortgage (discontinued from January 2003) and voluntary sales.
2. Includes estimates for Inverclyde due to outstanding returns.
3. Includes estimates for Dundee due to outstanding returns.