HC Deb 15 November 1983 vol 48 cc383-5W
Mr. Maples

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what were the gross receipts from the sale of (a) flats and (b) houses by each of the London boroughs in each of the years 1979–80, 1980–82 and 1982–83.

Sir George Young

Available information is on local authorities' initial receipts from all sales of dwellings, not separating house and flats. Figures reported by the London boroughs are as follows:

Initial receipts from the sale of dwellings London boroughs
London borough 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 *1982–83
£000 £000 £000 £000
Barking and Dagenham 0 0 3,009 10,190
Barnet 362 947 1,998 4,580

Sale of Local Authority Dwellings—London Boroughs: 1979–80 to 1982–83
Local Authority 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83
Built* for sale Other houses Other flats Houses Flats Houses Flats Houses Flats
Barking and Dagenham 0 0 0 0 0 678 0 2,558 0
Barnet 34 137 3 218 34 322 32 486 14
Bexley 0 226 0 401 0 390 21 265 22
Brent 0 0 0 2 0 187 4 337 50
Bromley 0 259 0 443 0 562 0 494 151
Camden 0 0 0 1 0 11 5 81 120
Croydon 0 430 6 308 0 678 65 803 0
Ealing 0 525 0 692 0 681 98 656 116
Enfield 16 240 0 248 25 379 2 467 66
Greenwich 0 0 0 0 0 205 0 1,020 6
Hackney 0 1 0 ** ** 24 0 104† **
Hammersmith and Fulham 0 36 35 131 2 186 68 195 119
Haringey 0 0 0 0 0 390 6 445 73
Harrow 0 115 0 113 0 238 0 319 82

London borough 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 *1982–83
£000 £000 £000 £000
Bexley 448 976 1,954 1,836
Brent 0 0 2,381 5,130
Bromley 785 1,625 2,063 8,758
Camden 0 10 260 2,546
Croydon 1,601 1,052 3,262 5,284
Ealing 1,040 2,029 3,418 4,560
Enfield 717 1,213 1,550 4,461
Greenwich 0 0 2,515 11,818
Hackney 12 0 261 1,344
Hammersmith and Fulham 1,002 1,003 4,607 4,405
Haringey 0 0 3,656 6,932
Harrow 740 704 2,297 n/a
Havering 1,596 1,322 1,243 1,917
Hillingdon 4,194 4,171 n/a n/a
Hounslow 0 0 1,352 6,535
Islington 0 n/a 1,779 4,599
Kensington and Chelsea 312 717 1,188 2,927
Kingston upon Thames 382 1,116 1,007 2,099
Lambeth 65 n/a 373 n/a
Lewisham 0 0 1,584 6,940
Merton 349 1,865 1,721 2,369
Newham 144 1,007 3,390 15,755
Redbridge 951 437 956 1,423
Richmond upon Thames 576 381 735 2,269
Southwark 197 n/a 1,476 4,800
Sutton 363 682 1,564 2,450
Tower Hamlets 0 0 160 1,654
Waltham Forest 0 0 3,752 6,115
Wandsworth 2,475 3,898 13,313 10,004
Westminster 1,721 1,450 723 3,547
* Provisional.
n/a=Not available.

Mr. Maples

asked the Secretary of State for the environment how many (a) houses and (b) flats have been sold by each of the London boroughs in each of the years 1979–80, 1980–811981–82 and 1982–83

Sir George Young

Figures reported by the London boruoghs are as follows:

Local Authority 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83
Built* forsale Other houses Otherflats Houses Flats Houses Flats Houses Flats
Havering 0 1,633 0 925 0 336 58 399 81
Hillingdon ** ** ** ** ** 641 203 671† **
Hounslow 0 0 0 7 0 280 0 858 8
Islington 0 0 0 2 0 64 9 102† 96†
Kensington and Chelsea 0 1 51 46 4 78 74 58 83
Kingston upon Thames 0 56 0 217 0 145 0 225 158
Lambeth 0 13 0 2 0 29 1 231 36
Lewisham 0 0 0 0 0 180 0 947 25
Merton 0 95 0 547 19 407 27 284 41
Newham 47 49 0 78* 266 0 l,328† 0†
Redbridge 0 387 6 248 0 331 12 308 114
Richmond upon Thames 0 163 0 105 2 81 5 189 95
Southwark 32 0 0 4 0 166 0 357 129
Sutton 0 99 0 167 0 217 20 233 65
Tower Hamlets 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 178† 30†
Waltham Forest 0 0 0 0 0 532 0 605 64
Wandsworth 0 434 90 667 0 564 790 452 806
Westminster 0 34 181 35 132 19 62 62 192
* Separate figures for houses and flats not available. Figures for 1980–81, 1981–82 and 1982–83 include built for sale.
† Incomplete total of reported figures.
** Indicates information not available.

Mr. Murphy

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been the level of sale of council homes in Welwyn Hatfield district under the right-to-buy legislation since its introduction; and what percentage rate of sale there has been nationally.

Sir George Young

For sales under the right to buy to 30 June 1983 by Welwyn Hatfield district council and for its stock of dwellings at 1 April 1982, I refer my hon. Friend to the table placed in the Library following the reply my hon. Friend the Minister for Housing and Construction gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Wirral, South (Mr. Porter) on 3 November. [Vol. 47, c. 421.] Right-to-buy sales by local authorities and new towns in Great Britain up to June 1983 were 5.8 per cent. of their estimated dwelling stock at December 1982.

London borough Dwellings owned in own area at GLC transfers (1980–83)
1 April 1979 1April 1983
Barking and Dagenham 25,652 34,663 12,451
Barnet 17,265 19,333 2,590
Bexley 12,530 11,906 422
Brent 20,500 21,635 306
Bromley 14,594 18,597 5,497
Camden 28,031 33,800 2,452
Croydon 21,800 21,045 815
Ealing 20,339 21,378 2,278
Enfield 20,995 21,064 681
Greenwich 26,479 37,420 9,792
Hackney 27,300 46,350 17,814
Hammersmith and Fulham 15,624 19,400 4,243
Haringey 21,540 24,192 2,324
Harrow 8,285 8,851 1,176
Havering 16,100 17,702 4,835
Hillingdon 24,622 21,322 73
Hounslow 20,548 20,060 288
Islington 31,649 41,058 7,946
Kensington and Chelsea 7,261 8,892 1,935
Kingston upon Thames 7,737 7,178 236
Lambeth 31,620 48,760 15,301
Lewisham 30,000 42,900 13,415
Merton 12,644 14,077 2,908
Newham 30,121 31,110 1,038
Redbridge 10,860 12,190 2,809
Richmond upon Thames 9,376 9,434 555
Sutton 8,745 12,917 4,612