§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing (a) the number of council houses sold in 1982–83 and the amount received, (b) a regional or other breakdown and (c) the corresponding figures for an average three-bedroom semi-detached post war house in the private sector.
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§ Sir George YoungInformation on numbers of local authority dwellings sold and on the amounts received by the authorities when the sales took place, is as follows:
Sales of Local Authority Dwellings, England: 1982–83 Department of the Environment Administrative Regions Number of Dwellings Sold Amount of Initial Receipts (£ million) Northern 19,700 95 Yorkshire and Humberside 20,400 88 East Midlands 19,900 83 Eastern 19,600 139 Greater London 20,400 177 South East 18,500 131 South West 14,100 85 West Midlands 22,400 115 North West 26,300 103 England 181,200 1,016 There are no corresponding figures for the private sector.