§ Mr. Kaufmanasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) how many council house sales have taken place since May; how many took place in the equivalent period of each year since and including 1970; and how many have taken place in each full year since and including 1970;
(2) what percentage of council dwellings sold since 4 May have been flats.
Mr. StanlyFigures since 4 May are not available precisely, as information on sales is only collected on a quarterly basis.
For the third quarter of 1979, the first complete quarter since 4 May, the provisional figures are that the total number of existing council dwellings sold was 7,060 of which 2.2 per cent. Were flats.
Sales in the third quarter of each year since 1970 and in the full year were as follows:
COUNCIL HOUSE SALES ENGLAND AND WALES EXCLUDING BUILDING FOR SALE Third quarter Full Year 1970 … … … 1,439 6,231 1971 … … … 4,408 16,849 1972 … … … 11,514 45,058 1973 … … … 6,779 33,720 1974 … … … 299 4,153 1975 … … … 514 2,089 1976 … … … 985 4,582 1977 … … … 3,157 12,019 1978 … … … 8,484 29,158
§ Mr. Kaufmanasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what percentage of council dwellings sold since 4 May were pre-war properties, and what percentage post-war; and of the post-war properties, what percentage, of total sales, were built (a) in 1945–50, (b) in 1951–60, (c) in 1961–70 and (d) in 1971–79.
§ Mr. StanleyThe breakdown requested is not available.