HC Deb 25 July 1979 vol 971 c329W
Mr. Proctor

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what response there has been in the new towns to the Government's new consent on the sale of new town houses issued on 18 May.

Mr. Stanley

Some 11,000 new town tenants have inquired about buying their homes. The response in individual towns has been:

Basildon … … 5,100
Central Lancashire … … 250
Milton Keynes … … 1,750
Northampton … … 350
Peterborough … … 900
Redditch … … 200
Runcorn … … 1,420
Skelmersdale … … 160
Telford … … 500
Warrington … … 50
Washington … … 450

These are now being processed; first offers have been made and accepted.