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Written Question · S2W-11622 · Session 2

How many applications for consent to refuse to sell under section 69 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 it has (a) received and (b) granted…

Answered Asked by Brian Adam SNP Lodged 22 Oct 2004

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications for consent to refuse to sell under section 69 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 it has (a) received and (b) granted in each of the last three years, broken down by local authority.

The answer

Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 19 Nov 2004 · 28 days after it was lodged, on time

The following table lists those local authorities which have submitted section 69 applications in the past three years, the number of applications received, and the number that obtained Scottish ministers’ consent.
Survey Period: From October 2001 to October 2004
Local Authority
| 2001-02
| 2002-03
| 2003-04

(a) Received
| (b) Granted
| (a) Received
| (b) Granted
| (a) Received
| (b) Granted

Aberdeen City Council
| 6
| 6
| 11
| 10
| 13
| 10

Aberdeenshire Council
| 39
| 10
| 34
| 17
| 28
| 13

Clackmannanshire Council
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1

East Lothian Council
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 0

Edinburgh City Council
| 3
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0

Falkirk Council
| 13
| 7
| 13
| 7
| 7
| 2

Midlothian Council
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 1

North Ayrshire Council
| 10
| 4
| 13
| 11
| 23
| 18

Stirling Council
| 20
| 5
| 22
| 13
| 5
| 1

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-11622 by reference.