§ Mr. Proctorasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list those housing authorities where more than 500 council dwellings have been empty for more than a year.
§ Mr. StanleyThe following 14 English local authorities each reported in their 1981 HIP returns that they had more than 500 dwellings vacant for more than 12months:
Greater London Council 1,837 Hackney 1,582 Knowsley 1,324 Liverpool 1,097 Southwark 1,093 Islington 1,022 Wandsworth 976 Manchester 918 Lewisham 912 Lambeth 859 Sunderland 691 Corby 673 Camden 663 Hammersmith and Fulham 562 NoteFigures are for dwellings which became vacant before 1 April 1980 and were still vacant at June 1981.
§ Mr. Proctorasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report the 455W following information: (a) the total stock of dwellings of each housing authority on 4 October 1980, (b) the number of right-to-buy applications received by each housing authority since October 1980, (c) the number of offer notices issued by each housing authority since October 1980, (d) the number of completions of sales by each housing authority since October 1980 and (e) the total number of council house sales by each housing authority since October 1980.
§ Mr. Heddleasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list in the Official Report the number of right-to-buy applications received by each London borough at the latest available date, with the number of offer notices issued by each borough and the number of sales completed by each borough.
§ Mr. StanleyInformation on the number of section 10 offer notices issued is not collected from local authorities generally. Information provided by local authorities on the other matters requested by my hon. Friend, including numbers of voluntary sales since 1 April 1979, is set out in a table which I have placed in the Library today.
§ Mr. Gwilym Robertsasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what proportion of council housing stock in England was sold to tenants in 1981.
§ Mr. StanleyEnglish local authorities are provisionally estimated to have sold 94,000 dwellings—excluding those built for sale—in 1981, about 1.8 per cent. of their stock. Almost all these were sold to council tenants.
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§ Mr. Gwilym Robertsasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many council houses were sold in 1981 in each housing authority in England; and what proportion of the council housing stock is involved in each case.
§ Mr. StanleyThe information in the form requested can be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, I refer the hon. Gentleman to the table of latest available statistics for individual authorities of council sales and dwelling stock which I placed in the Library in connection with my reply today to my hon. Friend the Member for Basildon (Mr. Proctor).