HC Deb 02 July 1996 vol 280 c398W
Mr. Harry Greenway

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many council house tenants have bought their homes since 1979; how many council tenancies remain; and if he will make a statement. [34386]

Mr. Clappison

In the period between April 1979 and December 1995 about 1.462 million dwellings were sold by local authorities and new towns in England to sitting tenants. A further 73,000 empty dwellings were sold for owner occupation during this period, some of which will have been sold to council or new town tenants.

At 1 April 1995, the latest date for which figures are available, the stock of local authority and new town dwellings in England stood at 3.565 million.