§ Mr. Proctorasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if, pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Basildon on 8 December, Official Report, column 377, he will make a statement on the number of homes sold by new town development corporations since the end of September 1981 to December 1981.
§ Mr. StanleyBetween September and December 1981, new town corporations sold 1,186 dwellings. The figures for individual towns are as follows:
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Numbers Basildon 201 Central Lancs 25 Milton Keynes 102 Northampton 114 Peterborough 185
Numbers Redditch 77 Runcorn 108 Skelmersdale 181 Telford 105 Warrington 25 Washington 63 Total 1,186
§ Mr. Proctorasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give the number of tenancies of each new town development corporation as at June 1979 and at the most recent available date.
§ Mr. StanleyThe number of tenancies of each new town development corporation at the end of June 1979 and end December 1981 were:
Town Tenancies at Tenancies at 30 June1979 31 December 1981 Basildon 17,074 16,815 Central Lancs 2,109 4,505 Milton Keynes 9,807 13,534 Northampton 5,475 6,344 Peterborough 6,570 8,256 Redditch 6,558 6,875 Runcorn 9,170 9,593 Skelmersdale 8,048 7,803 Telford 9,434 9,344 Warrington 2,512 4,064 Washington 7,228 8,170 Total 83,985 95,303 The increase in tenancies between June 1979 and December 1981 represents an increase in the total housing stock, largely from schemes approved before May 1979.