HC Deb 31 March 1983 vol 40 c223W
Mr. Kaufman

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many dwellings have been purchased, and at what cost, from private housebuilders for shared ownership sales since 1 April 1982 by (a) housing associations and (b) local authorities; and how many they estimate by 31 March.

Mr. King

This information is not available.

Right to buy sales compiled October 1980 to December 1982 Average selling price all sales to sitting tenants:
Number Per cent, of LA stock at 1 April 1980 April 1980 to December 1982
Hereford 404 7.0 £10,400
South Herefordshire 377 13.2 £10,200
West Midlands region 27,800 4.8 £8,200
England 235,100 4.9 £9,500

Mr. Colin Shepherd

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) how many applications by tenants of the South Herefordshire district council to purchase their homes under the right-to-buy provisions of the 1980 Act are presently being processed;

(2) how many applications by tenants of the Hereford city council to purchase their homes under the right-to-buy provisions of the 1980 Act are presently being processed.