HC Deb 21 December 1982 vol 34 cc512-3W
Mr. Cartwright

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will set out the total number of (a) houses and (b) flats and maisonettes so far sold by each London borough council and the Greater London Council under the right-to-buy legislation.

Mr. Stanley

Figures for houses and flats sold under the right to buy between October 1980 and June 1982, reported by the authorities concerned, are as follows:

Right to buy sales completed 3 October 1980 to 30 June 1982.
Local authority Houses Flats Total
Greater London Council 269 0 269
City of London 0 132 132
Barking and Dagenham *1,678 *0 1,532
Barnet 269 0 269
Bexley 0 0 0
Brent 238 5 243

Local authority Houses Flats Total
Bromley 741 6 747
Camden *8 *5 62
Croydon 835 65 900
Ealing 304 71 375
Enfield 443 0 443
Greenwich 463 0 463
Hackney *23 *0 50
Hammersmith and Fulham 41 45 86
Haringey 572 20 592
Harrow 299 11 310
Havering 308 74 382
Hillingdon †l35 †0 †l35
Hounslow 399 0 399
Islington 26 15 41
Kensington and Chelsea 3 29 32
Kingston upon Thames 106 18 124
Lambeth *33 *0 78
Lewisham *180 *0 328
Merton 475 28 503
Newham *241 *0 673
Redbridge 0 0 0
Richmond upon Thames 232 18 250
Southwark 178 0 178
Sutton 211 44 255
Tower Hamlets 44 0 44
Waltham Forest 758 0 758
Wandsworth 163 58 221
Westminster 20 83 103
Notes:
* Figures to 31 March 1982 for houses and flats separately.
† Sales from 1 April 1981 to 31 March 1982 only.

A number of these authorities have completed a significant number of voluntary sales in this period in addition to the right to buy sales shown in the table above.

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