HC Deb 16 February 1981 vol 999 cc53-4W
Mr. Mudd

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many applications to purchase council houses are currently before Penwith, Kerrier and Carrick district councils in Cornwall; how many applications have been granted since the implementation of the Housing Act 1980; and if he his satisfied with the rate at which applications are being processed by these local authorities.

Mr. Stanley

Of the three councils to which my hon. Friend refers, the relevant statistical return has been received only from Kerrier district, which has stated that at 31 December 1980 it had received 217 notices claiming the right to buy and had responded admitting the right to buy in 212 cases and denying it in the remaining five.