HC Deb 07 March 1973 vol 852 c124W
50. Mr. Loveridge

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will express as percentages of the total public authority housing stock in the United Kingdom the 6,000, 7,000 and 45,000 houses sold by local authorities in each of the past three years.

Mr. Eyre

Sales by local authorities in England and Wales in the years in question represented respectively 0.1, 0.4 and 1.0 per cent. of their housing stock. The sales figure for 1971 was 17,000.