asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the latest total of council houses sold and for which negotiations for purchase have been undertaken in Scotland expressed as a percentage of total stock.

The total of sales completed is 11,969–1·34 per cent. of the total stock—and the total in respect of which missives have been concluded is 19,059–2·14 per cent. of the total stock.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many council houses have been sold by Perth and Kinross district council in the last three years.

Perth and Kinross district council sold 43 council houses in 1979, 209 in 1980, 281 in 1981 and 68 in the first quarter of 1982, a total of 601.