§ Sir Sydney ChapmanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many council estates have been transferred to private landlords through the large-scale voluntary transfer scheme. [10929]
§ Mr. RaynsfordInformation on the number of estates included in transfers on the annual disposals programme—large-scale voluntary transfers—is not available; 57 authorities have carried out such transfers since December 1988, involving a total of 250,407 properties. Only two have involved single estates—Manchester's estate at Partington and the Beechdale estate in Walsall. Of the rest, 51 have been transfers of the whole stock and four have been partial stock transfers.