§ Mr. Farrasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list for the city of Leicester for each year since 1979 the number of applications to buy council houses and the number actually sold.
§ Mr. Stanley[pursuant to his reply, 25 February 1983, c. 561]: The information reported by the council is as follows:
Claims received* Sales completed Other sales completed 1979–80 — — 316 1980–81 1,480 — 26 1981–82 1,363 621 8 1982–83† 1,695 1,332 ‡3 Notes * Claims returned to tenants for resubmission after the correction of errors and omissions have been deducted. † Up to January 1983. ‡ Figure for April-September 1982.