§ Mr. Tilleyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will give information on the number of starts and sales by each local authority under each of the new low-cost home ownership schemes for either the calendar years 1979, 1980 and 1981 or the financial year 1979–80, 1980–81 and 1981–82 giving the information for each local authority and each of the following initiatives:
319W(a) sale of land to private developers for building of low-cost homes, (b) building under licence or partnership, (c) shared ownership, (d) improvement for sale, (e) homesteading, and (f) mortgage guarantees;
(2) if he will list the English local authorities involved in each of the new low-cost home ownership initiatives in 1981–82 and 1982–83 breaking down the information to show (a) sale of land to private developers for building of low-cost homes, (b) building under licence or partnership, (c) shared ownership, (d) improvement for sale, (e) homesteading, and (f) mortgage guarantees.
§ Mr. Stanley:The available information provided by each local authority and new town on progress of the initiatives during 1980–81 and 1981–82 has been published, except for mortgage guarantees, in "Local Housing Statistics" issues 62 and 63, copies of which are available in the Library. In addition, shared ownership sales in 1979 and in the first three quarters of 1980 appear in issues 53 and 57.
The following mortgage guarantee agreements have been reported:
Local authorities 1981/82 1st quarter 1982/83 Bolton 1 1 Brighton 2 — Burnley — 7 Calderdale 25 33 Easington — 7 Eden 1 — Hammersmith and Fulham 48 10 Langbaurgh 1 — Oldham 1 3 Torridge 43 12 New Towns Basildon 129 75 Central Lancashire 7 22 Milton Keynes — 39