§ Mr. Brandon-Bravoasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many right-to-buy applications from disabled secure tenants have been refused by local authorities; and how many have subsequently been granted following review by his Department.
§ Sir George YoungThe Department does not collect information on the characteristics of tenants who apply to buy their homes or on the grounds on which landlords deny applications. There is no procedure in the legislation through which the Department may review a landlord's decision to deny the right to buy to a disabled secure tenant.
§ Mr. Brandon-Bravoasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many right-to-buy applications in respect of conventional bungalows have been refused by local authorities; and how many have subsequently been granted following application to his Department.
§ Sir George YoungThe Department does not collect information on the grounds on which landlords deny right to buy applications but in any case the right to buy may 295W not be denied on the ground that a dwelling is a conventional bungalow. Where it has come to the Department's knowledge that a landlord is denying the right to buy on grounds which are unlawful the matter has been vigorously pursued so as to enable tenants to exercise the rights conferred on them by Parliament. In some cases where a landlord has applied to my right hon. Friend for a determination to exclude the right to buy and where the application has been refused the dwelling will have been a conventional bungalow. I regret that the number of such cases involving bungalows could be ascertained at a disproportionate cost.