HC Deb 11 July 1983 vol 45 cc259-61W
Mr. Colvin

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many councils are operating low-cost home ownership schemes; and which councils are operating homesteading schemes.

Sir George Young

Two hundred and fourty two English local authorities have so far reported activity in low-cost home ownership schemes during 1982–83, and over three quarters of all English local authorities intend to pursue such schemes in the course of 1983–84. Seventy-five local authorities, which are listed, reported sales under homesteading schemes in 1982–83: about the same number intend to pursue homesteading in 1983–84. Since April 1979 over 5,000 dwellings have been sold for homesteading by local authorities and new towns.

1. North

  • Stockton-on-Tees
  • Wear Valley
  • Blyth Valley
  • Wanstead
  • Sunderland
  • Newcastle upon Tyne
  • North Tyneside

2. Yorkshire and Humberside

  • York

3. East Midlands

  • Amber Valley
  • Derby
  • High Peak
  • Charnwood
  • West Lindsey
  • Corby
  • Ashfield
  • Gedling

4. Eastern

  • Huntingdon
  • Chelmsford
  • Epping Forest
  • Thurrock
  • St. Albans
  • Forest Heath
  • Waveney
  • St. Edmundsbury

5. Greater London

  • GLC
  • Westminster
  • Camden
  • Croydon
  • Ealing
  • Enfield
  • Hammersmith and Fulham
  • Islington
  • Kensington and Chelsea
  • Redbridge
  • Southwark
  • Tower Hamlets
  • Havering

6. South Eastern

  • Eastbourne
  • Havant
  • Portsmouth
  • Southampton
  • Test Valley
  • Canterbury
  • Dover
  • Swale
  • Tunbridge Wells
  • South Oxfordshire
  • Vale of White Horse
  • Surrey Heath
  • Woking
  • Reading

7. South West

  • Bath
  • Penwith
  • West Somerset
  • North Wiltshire

8. West Midlands

  • Malvern Hills
  • Newcastle-under-Lyme
  • Sandwell

9. North West including Cumbria

  • Congleton
  • Halton
  • Warrington
  • Allerdale
  • Carlisle
  • Copeland
  • Blackburn
  • Burnley
  • Hyndburn
  • Rossendale
  • Oldham
  • Stockport
  • Thameside
  • Wigan
  • Knowsley
  • Manchester
  • Rochdale

SALES UNDER THE LCHO INITIATIVES

1. The total number of sales under the LCHO initiatives between April 1979 and March 1983 is 31,630—English local authorities, new towns and housing associations. The breakdown of this figure is as follows:

(a) by initiative
Number
Shared ownership 7,330
Homesteading 5,075
Improvement for sale (excluding shared ownership) 2,705
Building for sale under licence 13,725
Building for sale (excluding shared ownership) 2,790
(total 8,155)
All LCHO 31,630

(b) Year by year
Number
1979–80 1,575
1980–81 3,610
1981–82 9,605
1982–83 16,840

2. These figures are provisional, the discrepancy of 5 is due to rounding.

Low Cost Home Ownership
Number of local authorities intending to pursue schemes in 1983–84 (information at April 1983)
Region Sales of land for low cost homes Building under licence Improvement for sale Sales of unimproved dwellings Shared ownership Mortgage guarantees (a) Any scheme (b) Total housing authorities a/b
Northern 7 11 15 6 7 8 21 23 91
Yorkshire/Humberside 6 11 8 3 4 9 20 26 77
East Midlands 21 12 9 13 7 17 29 40 73
Eastern 8 15 6 1 5 Nil 27 53 51
Greater London 16 14 12 9 13 7 26 34 76
South Eastern 22 35 6 9 16 3 48 65 74
South West 11 30 10 4 10 2 39 47 83
West Midlands 14 9 16 8 2 8 29 36 81
North West 17 19 9 19 5 19 40 43 93
England 122 156 91 72 69 73 279 367 76