§ Mr. Fieldasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many council tenants (a) in Birkenhead and (b) in the Wirral have (i) begun to negotiate for the sale of their council house and (ii) successfully negotiated the sale of their council house.
§ Mr. StanleyInformation is collected only at local authority level. Figures reported by Wirral district council are:
Right to buy sales Other sales Admitted claims sales Total Applications* Sales to sitting tenants 1980–81 469 22 511 902 1981–82 (first half) 1116† 279 4 41 * Some of these applications may be by non-tenants.
† Net of withdrawn claims.