Right to Buy (Hansard, 15 October 1996)

HC Deb 15 October 1996 vol 282 c842W 842W

§ Mr. Peter Atkinson
To ask the Secretary of state for the Environment how many tenants have exercised the right to buy in the last 12 months. [38366]

§ Mr. Curry
In the year to March 1996, there were more than 31,500 right-to-buy sales by local authorities and new towns in England. Right to buy and other home ownership schemes are still producing about 180 new home owners a day in Britain.