HC Deb 23 February 1983 vol 37 c460W
52. Mr. Kenneth Carlisle

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many council houses have been sold to their tenants since May 1979.

Mr. Stanley

I estimate that, in the period since the Government were elected, the number of council houses sold, either empty or to sitting tenants, in Great Britain, is now approaching 500,000.