§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many local people have exercised their right to buy their council house by each local authority giving the sales receipts total for each local authority up to the latest possible date; and if he will make a statement.[23750]
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesThe available information is given in the following table:
Notes:
Total right to buy sales and receipts from the sale of council houses1 Right to Buy Sales October 1980 to December 1995 (Number)2 Receipts from the sale of council houses April 1981 to March 1995 £ million3 Aberconwy 1,849 16.3 Alyn and Deeside 1,778 18.4 Arfon 1,579 16.5 Blaenau Gwent 2,872 26.5 Brecknock 1,630 15.9 Cardiff 8,581 101.0 Carmarthen 493 16.4 Ceredigion 1,788 20.7 Colwyn 14 8.9 Cynon Valley 1,757 13.6 Delyn 1,420 15.7 Dinefwr 1,032 9.7 Dwyfor 467 3.9 Glyndwr 1,390 13.1 Islwyn 4,136 36.9 Llanelli 3,863 28.3 Lliw Valley 2,192 18.2 Meirionnydd 994 7.6 Merthyr Tydfil 2,520 20.2 Monmouth 2,308 31.9 Montgomeryshire 1,547 13.6 Neath 2,721 21.7 Newport 4,725 53.5 Ogwr 5,126 50.3 Port Talbot 3,990 33.4 Preseli Pembrokeshire 2,744 27.0 Radnorshire 684 8.0 Rhondda 906 5.7 Rhuddlan 1,024 9.5 Rhymney Valley 4,339 35.5 South Pembrokeshire 1,006 12.6 Swansea 4,895 47.9 Taff-Ely 4,339 36.4 Torfaen 4,834 58.4 Vale of Gla]morgan 2,985 38.7 Wrexham Maelor 4,288 42.0 Ynys Mon 1,883 17.5 1 Right to buy legislation was introduced in October 1980.
2Excludes voluntary sales.
3 Includes receipts from the right to buy and voluntary sale of dwellings and the repayment of principal from local authority mortgages: receipts information for right to buy sales is not separately collected.
Source:
Local authority returns.