§ Mr. Bob Dunnasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report the number of houses sold to local authority and new town tenants since 3 May 1979 to the latest date for which figures are available.
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§ Mr. StanleyI refer my hon. Friend to the answer given by my right hon. Friend to my hon. Friend the Member for Melton (Mr. Latham) on 12 March.—[Vol. 1000, c.394.]
§ Mr. Bob Dunnasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report the number of houses sold to local authority tenants by each of the local authorities in Kent since 3 May 1979 to the latest date for which figures are available; and if he will show these sales as a percentage of housing stock.
§ Mr. StanleySeparate figures on the number of sales to local authority tenants, as opposed to all sales of existing dwellings, were not collected until the final quarter of 1980. The available information is as follows:
Reported Sales of Existing Dwellings and HRA Stock, by Local Authorities in Kent Reported sales of existing dwellings April 1979 to December 1980 HRA stock at 1 April 1980 Percentage Ashford *262 9,587 *2.7 Canterbury 236 8,050 2.9 Dartford 433 7,840 5.5 Dover 107 9,369 1.1 Gillingham 248 5,125 4.8 Gravesham †103 9,540 †1.1 Maidstone 705 10,124 7.0 Rochester upon Medway *730 13,500 *5.4 Sevenoaks 173 7,847 2.2 Shepway 130 5,046 2.6 Swale 324 10,023 3.2 Thanet 354 8,048 4.4 Tonbridge and Mailing 302 7,577 4.0 Tunbridge Wells 310 7,287 4.3 * Reported sales January 1980 to September 1980. † Reported sales April 1979 to March 1980.