Question reference: S6W-01672
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 20 July 2021
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Current status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 4 August 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what the total transaction value of all publicly-owned land disposed to the private sector was in each of the last 10 years.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not hold this information. Property transactions involving the sale of land and leases of 20 years and over are usually registered in the Land Register of Scotland. The register is managed and maintained by the Keeper of the Registers of Scotland as required by the Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Act 2012. The register contains information on the parties to registered deeds (the buyer and the seller) but not on the status of those parties (ie whether they are private sector or public sector).