§ Mr. Marlowasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the monthly rate of sale of council houses (a) in the last two years preceding 3 May 1979, (b) between 3 May 1979 and the operative date of the Housing Act and (c) since the operative date of the Housing Act.
§ Mr. StanleyCouncil house sales figures are available quarterly and it is therefore not possible to provide monthly rates of sales for the precise dates requested. The nearest equivalent information for England and 'Wales is as follows:
Monthly rate of council house sales completed: England and Wales April 1977—March 1979 2,200 April 1979—September 1980 5,280 October 1980—December 1980 5,810