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Mr. Maxton
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many sales Scottish Homes completed under (a) right to buy, (b) rent to mortgage, (c) portable discount and (d) vacant possession in each month from April to the latest available date.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
The information requested is set out in the following table:
| Number of sales: 1990 | ||||
| Right to buy | Rent to mortgage | Portable discount scheme | Vacant possession sales | |
| 1990 | ||||
| April | 198 | 1 | 15 | 23 |
| May | 82 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| June | 120 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| July | 210 | 0 | 9 | 5 |
| August | 234 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| September | 211 | 19 | 9 | 15 |
| October | n/a | 59 | n/a | n/a |
| n/a—Not available. | ||||
Mr. Maxton
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what income Scottish Homes received in capital receipts from house sales in the first quarter of 1990–91, and in the second quarter of 1990–91.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
The element of Scottish Homes income from capital receipts relative to house sales was £5·744 million in the first quarter of 1990–91 and £9·053 million in the second quarter of 1990–91.