§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many council houses have been sold throughout the United Kingdom; what this figure represents as a percentage of the total stock of council houses; and if he will compare the national percentage with that of Norwich, North Norfolk, Breckland and West Norfolk.
§ Mr. StanleyThe information is as follows:
Sales of existing dwellings owned by local authorities April 1979 to March 1981 HRA Stock (as at 31 March 1980) percentage Norwich 10 0.04 Breckland 980 10.6 North Norfolk 2 0.3 Kings Lynn and West Norfolk 1,156 10.3 United Kingdom* 125,600 2.0 * Including sales by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive.
§ Mr. Kaufmanasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will now bring up to date the statistics in the document of council house sales placed in the 215W Library in connection with his written reply to the right hon. Member for Manchester, Ardwick, of April 1981, Official Report, C. 381.
§ Mr. StanleyThis information has been received from nearly all authorities in respect of the six months October 1980 to March 1981 and I have today placed copies of the information received in the Library. Where authorities have not as yet provided figures, this is shown by a blank entry. Authorities showing nil or very small RTB claims are those where claims are wholly or for the most part being processed under the general consents.