§ Mr. Cartwrightasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) how many homes have so far been sold by each London borough council and the Greater London council under the right-to-buy legislation;
(2) how many admitted right-to-buy claims were being dealt with by each of the London borough councils and the Greater London council at 31 December 1982.
§ Mr. StanleyFor information on sales completed by the authorities under the right to buy legislation, I refer the hon. Member to the table placed in the Library following the reply I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Lichfield and Tamworth (Mr. Heddle) on 14 April 1983, [Vol. 40, c.451.] The authorities report the number of admitted right-to-buy claims still being dealt with, excluding those which have subsequently been withdrawn or deferred. The figures for 31 December 1982 are as follows: 53W
Local authority Number of admitted claims in progress Greater London Council 1,535 City of London 264 Barking and Dagenham 1,400 Barnet 1,507 Bexley 0 Brent 872 Bromley n/a Camden *1,024 Croydon 548 Ealing 678 Enfield 837 Greenwich 889 Hackney n/a Hammersmith and Fulham 372 Haringey 649 Harrow 270 Havering 585 Hillingdon 1,375 Hounslow 1,493 Islington 1,113 Kensington and Chelsea 129 Kingston upon Thames 252 Lambeth 1,372 Lewisham 1,136 Merton 253 Newham *1,385 Redbridge 0 Richmond upon Thames 624 Southwark 1,205 Sutton 567 Tower Hamlets 526 Waltham Forest 579 Wandsworth 948 Westminster 549 * At 30 September 1982 n/a Not available (no return received or figure missing from return)