§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will indicate which housing authorities in Bedfordshire and adjoining counties have sold dwellings to sitting tenants; and how many have been sold by each of these housing authorities up to the latest convenient date.
§ Mr. StanleyInformation is not collected on sales to sitting tenants only, but on all sales and leases of dwellings by housing authorities whether to sitting tenants or others. In 1979 sales or leases of 583W existing dwellings by housing authorities in Bedfordshire and adjoining counties were reported as follows:
Number of reported sales in 1979 Bedfordshire 540 Luton 256 Mid Bedfordshire 48 North Bedfordshire 165 South Bedfordshire 71 Northamptonshire 576 Corby 165 Daventry 54 East Northamptonshire 17 Kettering 8 Northampton 145 South Northamptonshire 54 Wellingborough 71 Corby New Town* Northampton New Town 63 Buckinghamshire 1,250 Aylesbury Vale 271 Beaconsfield 121 Chiltern 102 Milton Keynes 326 Wycombe 357 Milton Keynes New Town 73 Hertfordshire 1,520 Broxbourne 38 Dacorum 312 East Hertfordshire 47† Hertsmere 152 North Hertfordshire 62 St. Albans 127 Stevenage 392 Three Rivers 51 Welwyn Hatfield 339 Hatfield New Town* Hemel Hempstead New Tow* Stevenage New Town* Welwyn Garden City New Town* Cambridgeshire 1,519 Cambridge 68 Fenland 452 Huntingdon 290 Peterborough 291 South Cambridgeshire 46 Peterborough New Town 372 Watford and East Cambridgeshire did not report any sales in 1979. * These new towns have transferred most or all of their dwelling stock to the appropriate local authorities. †Reported sales between April and December 1979. Figures of sales for earlier years can be obtained from previous May issues of Local Housing Statistics.