HC Deb 16 February 1982 vol 18 c84W
Mr. Field

asked 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. Stanley

Information 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† Net of withdrawn claims.