HC Deb 18 July 1989 vol 157 cc101-3W
Mr. Chris Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) how many(a) admission and (b) denial response notices were issued on the right to buy by local authorities by each region in England and England as a whole during (a) 1980–81, (b) 1981–82, (c) 1982–83, (d) 1983–84, (e) 1984–85, (f) 1985–86, (g) 1986–87, (h) 1987–88 and (j) 1988–89, for (i) full ownership and (ii) shared ownership;

(2) how many right-to-buy claims were received for full ownership of (a) houses and (b) flats by each region in England and England as a whole during (i) 1980–81, (ii) 1981–82, (iii) 1982–83, (iv) 1983–84, (v) 1984–85, (vi) 1985–86, (vii) 1986–87, (viii) 1987–88 and (ix) 1988–89;

(3) what was the number of completed disposals for refurbishment and resale, including those to be demolished, of local authority dwellings to private developers and housing associations by each region in England and for England as a whole during (a) 1980–81, (b) 1981–82, (c) 1982–83, (d) 1983–84, (e) 1984–85, (f) 1985–86, (g) 1986–87, (h) 1987–88 and (i) 1988–89;

(4) what was the number of completed disposals of council dwellings for shared ownership (a) built for sale, (b) improved for sale, (c) sold unimproved for improvement by purchaser, (d) to sitting tenants and (e) other sales, in each region in England and for England as a whole during (i) 1980–81, (ii) 1981–82, (iii) 1982–83, (iv) 1983–84, (v) 1984–85, (vi) 1985–86, (vii) 1986–87, (viii) 1987–88 and (ix) 1988–89;

(5) what was the number of completed disposals of council dwellings for full ownership (a) built for sale, (b) improved for sale, (c) sold unimproved for improvement by purchaser, (d) to sitting tenants and (e) other sales, in each region in England and for England as a whole during (i) 1980–81, (ii) 1981–82, (iii) 1982–83, (iv) 1983–84, (v) 1984–85, (vi) 1985–86, (vii) 1986–87, (viii) 1987–88 and (ix) 1988–89;

(6) what was the number of completed right-to-buy sales where the authority does not own the freehold of (a) houses and (b) flats by each region in England and for England as a whole during (i) 1980–81, (ii) 1981–82, (iii) 1982–83, (iv) 1983–84, (v) 1984–85, (vi) 1985–86, (vii) 1986–87, (viii) 1987–88 and (ix) 1988–89;

(7) what was the number of local authority mortgages on completed disposals of (a) full ownership and (b) shared ownership by each region in England and for England as a whole during (i) 1980–81, (ii) 1981–82, (iii) 1982–83, (iv) 1983–84, (v) 1984–85, (vi) 1985–86, (vii) 1986–87, (viii) 1987–88 and (ix) 1988–89;

(8) what was the selling price net of discounts of completed disposals (a) built for sale, (b) improved for sale, (c) sold unimproved for improvement by purchaser, (d) to sitting tenants and (e) other sales, for each region in England and for England as a whole during (i) 1980–81, (ii) 1981–82, (iii) 1982–83, (iv) 1983–84, (v) 1984–85, (vi) 1985–86, (vii) 1986–87, (viii) 1987–88 and (ix) 1988–89, for full ownership and shared ownership;

(9) what was the selling price of disposals net of discounts completed for each region in England and for England as a whole, during (a) 1980–81, (b) 1981–82, (c) 1982–83, (d) 1983–84, (e) 1984–85, (f) 1985–86, (g) 1986–87, (h) 1987–88 and (i) 1988–89;

(10) what was the total number of completed disposals for full ownership of (a) council houses and (b) flats by each region in England and for England as a whole during (i) 1980–81, (ii) 1981–82, (iii) 1982–83, (iv) 1983–84, (v) 1984–85, (vi) 1985–86, (vii) 1986–87, (viii) 1987–88 and (ix) 1988–89;

(11) what was the total value of discounts allowed on completed disposals by each region in England and for England as a whole during (a) 1980–81, (b) 1981–82, (c) 1982–83, (d) 1983–84, (e) 1984–85, (f) 1985–86, (g) 1986–87, (h) 1987–88 and (i) 1988–89;

(12) what was the value of mortgages for each region in England and for England as a whole during (a) 1980–81, (b) 1981–82, (c) 1982–83, (d) 1983–84, (e) 1984–85, (f) 1985–86, (g) 1986–87, (h) 1987–88 and (i) 1988–89.

Mr. Trippier

The available information has been placed in the Library.

Mr. Bradley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what was the number of admitted claims withdrawn under(a) right to full ownership and (b) right to shared ownership by each region in England and in England as a whole during each year from 1980–81 to 1988–89;

(2) what was the number of completed disposals of local authority dwellings built and financed by private developers on local authority land by each region in England and for England as a whole during each year from 1980–81 to 1988–89, for (i) full ownership and (ii) shared ownership;

(3) what was the value of the capital receipts from (a) the sale or lease of land, (b) other assets except dwellings, (c) initial payments from sale of dwellings, (d) repayment of discount and (e) repayment of sums left outstanding, by each region in England and for England as a whole during each year from 1980–81 to 1988–89;

(4) what were the gross payments by local authorities on (a) the aquisition and (b) improvement of dwellings for sale entering the improvement for sale scheme by each region in England and for England as a whole during each year from 1980–81 to 1988–89;

(5) what were the gross payments by local authorities on (a) the aquisition of dwellings for sale and improvement by the purchaser, (b) other aquisitions and (c) improvement/conversion of other dwellings for sale, for each region in England and for England as a whole during each year from 1980–81 to 1988–89.

Mr. Trippier

[holding answer 10 July 1989]: The available information has been placed in the Library.

Mr. Bradley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the number of completions of(a) house and (b) flat sales by local authorities, by each region in England and in England as a whole during each year from 1980–81 to 1988–89, for (1) full ownership and (2) shared ownership.

Mr. Trippier

[holding answer 10 July 1989]: The information requested has been placed in the Library of the House.