§ Mr. John Fraserasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list by district, within English and Welsh county areas, details of sales of local authority dwellings to sitting tenants up to the latest convenient date; and if he will indicate the local authority housing stock in 1979–80 and the sales for each district as a percentage of that stock.
§ Mr. GowFor details of the position in Wales I refer the hon. Member to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales. The following figures of English authorities' sales to sitting tenants from April 1979 to June 1984 include other council house sales up to March 1980. Since 1979 there have been other changes to the stock through new building and acquisitions and some transfers between authorities. An additional column shows the latest stock figures reported by authorities for 1 April 1984.
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Local authority All completed sales to sitting tenants 1 April 1979 to 30 June 1984 Number of council dwellings at 1 April 1979 Number of council dwellings at 1 April 1984 All sales as percentage of dwelling stock at 1 April 1979 Berwick-upon-Tweed 351 4,076 3,839 8.6 Blyth Valley 1,236 11,206 10,130 11.0 Castle Morpeth 686 4,518 4,173 15.2 Tynedale 572 5,169 4,676 11.1 Wansbeck 730 10,240 9,641 7.1 Gateshead 2,879 38,568 36,703 7.5 Newcastle upon Tyne *3,305 50,215 47,548 *6.6 North Tyneside *2,923 32,075 29,532 *9.l South Tyneside *3,456 34,357 31,412 *10.1 Sunderland 4,741 50,997 46,611 9.3 Region 2 YORKS & HUMBERSIDE Beverley 962 6,071 5,554 15.8 Boothferry 1,108 5,809 4,918 19.1 Cleethorpes 653 3,938 3,552 16.6 East Yorkshire *614 5,343 5,039 *11.5 Glanford 805 4,468 3,939 18.0 Great Grimsby 708 8,652 8,446 8.2 Holderness 453 2,749 2,602 16.5 Kingston upon Hull 2,598 46,400 46,900 5.6 Scunthorpe 1,411 10,393 9,427 13.6 Craven 333 2,552 2,373 13.0 Hambleton *628 5,317 4,995 *11.8 Harrogate 1,130 7,174 6,279 15.8 Richmondshire 411 3,118 2,882 13.2 Ryedale 485 4,187 3,815 11.6 Scarborough *422 8,172 7,567 *5.2 Selby 938 5,868 5,700 16.0 York 1,291 11,679 10,862 11.1 Barnsley 3,888 35,094 32,059 11.1 Doncaster 5,897 33,478 34,901 17.6 Rotherham 5,706 40,208 35,285 14.2 Sheffield *3,803 93,186 91,924 *4.l Bradford 3,648 40,258 37,362 9.1 Calderdale 2,104 17,883 16,258 11.8 Kirklees *2,489 37,571 36,113 *6.6 Leeds *4,778 97,724 94,957 *4.9 Wakefield 3,485 47,025 45,432 7.4 Region 3 EAST MIDLANDS Amber Valley 1,189 8,639 7,819 13.8 Bolsover 1,770 10,326 8,693 17.1 Chesterfield 1,780 15,265 13,938 11.7 Derby 3,965 23,737 21,424 16.7 Erewash 1,461 9,652 8,748 15.1 High Peak 570 5,546 6,381 10.3 North East Derbyshire 964 11,788 11,281 8.2 South Derbyshire 847 5,506 4,826 15.4 West Derbyshire *814 4,746 4,229 *17.2 Blaby 444 3,597 3,375 12.3 Chamwood 1,063 9,016 8,544 11.8 Harborough 509 3,604 3,402 14.1 Hinckley and Bosworth *775 5,805 5,355 *13.4 Leicester 3,771 35,945 34,655 10.5 Melton 551 3,276 2,862 16.8 North West Leicestershire 467 6,523 6,213 7.2 Oadby and Wigston 341 2,152 1,931 15.8 Rutland 375 2,293 1,980 16.4 Boston 492 6,038 5,954 8.1 East Lindsey 668 6,504 6,129 10.3 Lincoln 980 11,263 10,622 8.7 North Kesteven 471 5,417 5,327 8.7 South Holland 634 6,223 5,712 10.2 South Kesteven *1,245 10,257 9,409 *12.1 West Lindsey 657 5,658 5,083 11.6 Corby 2,476 13,748 10,679 18.0 Daventry 1,092 6,190 5,289 17.6 East Northamptonshire 764 5,970 5,478 12.8 Kettering 613 6,528 6,250 9.4 Northampton 1,332 13,070 12,285 10.2 South Northamptonshire 1,141 5,813 4,802 19.6 Wellingborough 1,051 7,767 7,214 13.5
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Local authority All completed sales to sitting tenants 1 April 1979 to 30 June 1984 Number of council dwellings at 1 April 1979 Number of council dwellings at 1 April 1984 All sales as percentage of dwelling stock at 1 April 1979 Ashfield 2,144 13,141 11,264 16.3 Bassetlaw 2,380 11,723 10,229 20.3 Broxtowe 1,317 8,169 7,090 161 Gedling 1,415 7,034 6,030 20.1 Mansfield *2,106 12,067 10,617 *17.5 Newark 1,318 9,389 8,432 14.0 Nottingham 6,579 53,166 47,884 12.4 Rushcliffe 1,063 5,342 4,729 19.9 Region 4 EASTERN Luton 1,830 13,550 12,387 13.5 Mid Bedfordshire *1,261 9,277 8,600 *13.6 North Bedfordshire *1,282 9,515 8,576 *13.5 South Bedfordshire *1463 9,426 8,587 *15.5 Aylesbury Vale 2,000 12,979 11,798 15.4 Chiltern 676 5,715 5,416 11.8 Milton Keynes 1,644 9,031 7,436 18.2 South Bucks 792 4,349 3,797 18.2 Wycombe 2,418 12,643 10,860 19.1 Cambridge 1,161 11,413 10,736 10.2 East Cambridgeshire 785 5,601 5,092 14.0 Fenland 1,658 7,080 5,590 23.4 Huntingdon 1,977 10,701 9,216 18.5 Peterborough *1,232 11,325 10,173 *10.9 South Cambridgeshire 1,408 8,784 8,008 16.0 Basildon 1,129 6,027 5,937 18.7 Braintree 2,259 13,747 12,205 16.4 Brentwood *665 4,032 3,884 *16.5 Castle Point *469 3,146 2,543 *14.9 Chelmsford 1,852 11,534 10,124 161 Colchester 1,284 10,273 9,446 12.5 Epping Forest 2,368 7,611 10,028 31.1 Harlow 3,275 20,714 18,378 15.8 Maldon 507 2,950 2,619 17.2 Rochford 548 2,670 2,570 20.5 Southend-on-Sea 874 8,728 8,473 10.0 Tendring 927 4,996 4,467 18.6 Thurrock *3,571 15,206 15,966 *23.5 Uttlesford 541 4,532 4,246 11.9 Broxbourne 802 5,024 5,312 16.0 Dacorum 2,978 18,829 17,116 15.8 East Hertfordshire 1,582 9,792 9,021 16.2 Hertsmere *1,008 5,641 8,165 *17.9 North Hertfordshire 1,333 13,221 12,320 10.1 St. Albans 1,144 8,895 8,241 12.9 Stevenage 2,619 15,892 14,556 16.5 Three Rivers 807 4,230 6,438 19.1 Watford 1,150 7,449 6,567 15.4 Welwyn Hatfield 2,530 17,388 15,611 14.6 Breckland 1,884 9,583 7,939 19.7 Broadland *240 3,930 4,061 *6.1 Great Yarmouth 597 8,159 8,008 7.3 Kings Lynn and West Norfolk 1,932 11,753 9,971 16.4 North Norfolk 603 6,376 6,325 9.5 Norwich 1,830 24,125 23,846 7.6 South Norfolk 928 6,822 6,143 13.6 Babergh *756 5,960 5,429 *12.7 Forest Heath 814 5,338 4,893 15.2 Ipswich 995 12,539 12,281 7.9 Mid Suffolk *693 5,506 4,951 *12.6 St. Edmundsbury *1,213 10,647 9,395 *11.4 Suffolk Coastal 803 6,579 6,230 12.2 Waveney 1,222 7,384 6,602 16.5 Region 5 GREATER LONDON Barking and Dagenham 4,433 25,652 33,720 17.3 Barnet 2,114 17,265 18,664 12.2 Bexley 1,620 12,530 11,471 12.9 Brent 896 20,500 21,685 4.4 Bromley 2,751 14,594 17,991 18.9 Camden 333 28,031 33,750 1.2 City of London 518 2,317 2,305 22.4 650W651W
Local authority All completed sales to sitting tenants 1 April 1979 to 30 June 1984 Number of council dwellings at 1 April 1979 Number of council dwellings at 1 April 1984 All sales as percentage of dwelling stock at 1 April 1979 Croydon 3,056 21,800 20,637 14.0 Ealing *3,007 20,339 20,735 *14.8 Enfield 2,371 22,400 21,908 10.6 Greater London Council 10,692 230,232 43,995 4.6 Greenwich 1,695 26,479 37,116 6.4 Hackney *315 27,300 45,571 *1.2 Hammersmith and Fulham 763 15,624 19,152 4.9 Haringey 1,253 23,073 25,544 5.4 Harrow 1,160 8,258 8,744 14.0 Havering 4,019 16,100 17,236 25.0 Hillingdon *2,434 24,622 20,360 *9.9 Hounslow 1,773 20,548 19,530 8.6 Islington 452 31,649 40,672 1.4 Kensington and Chelsea 254 7,261 8,862 3.5 Kingston upon Thames 925 7,737 6,898 12.0 Lambeth *787 31,620 48,650 *2.5 Lewisham *1,470 30,000 42,186 *4.9 Merton 1,802 12,644 13,989 14.3 Newham *1,880 32,739 32,418 *5.7 Redbridge 1,957 10,860 11,686 18.0 Richmond upon Thames 984 10,353 10,332 9.5 Southwark 832 36,716 62,459 2.3 Sutton 1,147 8,745 12,382 13.1 Tower Hamlets *228 18,194 19,044 *1.3 Waltham Forest *1,296 19,558 20,773 *6.6 Wandsworth *2,711 28,863 37,165 *9.4 Westminster *777 18,430 23,320 *4.2 Region 6 SOUTH EASTERN Bracknell 2,936 12,154 10,969 24.2 Newbury 1,259 8,840 8,053 14.2 Reading 1,196 10,476 10,108 11.4 Slough *1,534 8,559 10,897 *17.9 Windsor and Maidenhead 1,070 8,834 7,942 12.1 Wokingham 565 3,757 3,646 15.0 Brighton *743 12,653 11,521 *5.9 Eastbourne 961 5,517 5,204 17.4 Hastings 608 5,312 5,040 11.4 Hove *489 4,889 4,569 *10.0 Lewes 822 5,054 4,588 16.3 Rother 580 4,589 4,240 12.6 Wealden 928 5,003 4,491 18.5 Basingstoke and Deane *2,751 15,601 12,649 *17.6 East Hampshire 905 5,364 5,176 16.9 Eastleigh 1,261 6,453 5,469 19.5 Fareham 868 4,209 3,629 20.6 Gosport 797 6,259 5,936 12.7 Hart 385 2,921 2,776 13.2 Havant 1,199 4,829 4,222 24.8 New Forest 1,517 8,101 7,497 18.7 Portsmouth 4,219 27,740 23,999 15.2 Rushmoor 1,144 6,596 6,609 17.3 Southampton 2,607 23,868 22,147 10.9 Test Valley 1,549 8,691 7,788 17.8 Winchester *996 7,531 6,971 *13.2 Medina 399 3,383 3,334 11.8 South Wight *198 2,399 2,418 *8.3 Ashford *974 9,632 8,957 *10.1 Canterbury 1,054 8,056 7,452 13.1 Dartford 1,344 7,942 6,959 16.9 Dover 1,324 8,984 8,083 14.7 Gillingham 793 5,178 4,603 15.3 Gravesham 1,333 9,432 8,491 14.1 Maidstone 1,402 10,219 9,209 13.7 Rochester upon Medway *2,289 13,879 11,576 *16.5 Sevenoaks 1,038 7,925 7,842 13.1 Shepway 732 4,988 4,763 14.7 Swale 1,405 10,029 8,918 14.0 Thanet 1,038 8,304 7,619 12.5 Tonbridge and Mailing 970 7,739 7,048 12.5 Tunbridge Wells 834 7,329 6,713 11.4 Cherwell *1,460 9,832 8,774 *14.8 Oxford 865 10,542 10,292 8.2
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Local authority All completed sales to sitting tenants 1 April 1979 to 30 June 1984 Number of council dwellings at 1 April 1979 Number of council dwellings at 1 April 1984 All sales as percentage of dwelling stock at 1 April 1979 South Oxfordshire 1,413 8,659 8,002 16.3 Vale of White Horse 972 7,282 6,692 13.3 West Oxfordshire 1,026 5,910 5,359 17.4 Elmbridge *656 6,418 6,061 *10.2 Epsom and Ewell *247 2,943 2,514 *8.4 Guildford *1,093 8,505 7,774 *12.9 Mole Valley *604 5,196 4,997 *11.6 Reigate and Banstead 963 7,036 7,532 13.7 Runnymede 802 5,002 4,550 16.0 Spelthome 939 5,161 4,796 18.2 Surrey Heath 845 4,491 3,863 18.8 Tandridge 768 4,872 4,361 15.8 Waverley 1,018 8,091 8,201 12.6 Woking 1,021 4,595 5,021 22.2 Adur *651 4,608 4,110 *14.1 Arun 1,418 6,557 5,594 21.6 Chichester 1,021 7,527 7,502 13.6 Crawley 3,211 14,856 13,348 21.6 Horsham 860 6,603 6,441 13.0 Mid Sussex 846 5,315 5,115 15.9 Worthing *524 3,681 3,277 *14.2 Region 7 South West Bath 1,000 8,501 7,710 11.8 Bristol 5,280 47,095 43,456 11.2 Kingswood 1,295 6,207 5,309 20.9 Northavon 1,247 7,045 6,174 17.7 Wansdyke *1,226 6,811 5,612 *18.0 Woodspring *1,623 10,517 9,556 *15.4 Caradon 449 4,447 4,634 10.1 Carrick 642 5,934 5,381 10.8 Isles of Scilly *6 132 143 *4.5 Kerrier 496 4,409 4,144 11.2 North Cornwall 589 4,855 4,615 12.1 Penwith *444 4,222 4,050 *10.5 Restormel 634 4,914 4,533 12.9 East Devon 917 6,710 6,114 13.7 Exeter 875 9,063 8,369 9.7 Mid Devon 730 5,280 5,000 13.8 North Devon 623 4,881 4,497 12.8 Plymouth *2,912 24,394 22,815 *11.9 South Hams 674 4,638 4,130 14.5 Teignbridge 753 5,959 5,525 12.6 Torbay 552 4,965 4,700 11.1 Torridge 442 2,909 2,597 15.2 West Devon 405 2,211 1,979 18.3 Bournemouth 1,236 7,522 6,882 16.4 Christchurch *301 2,092 1,820 *14.4 North Dorset 551 3,729 3,515 14.8 Poole 1,204 7,448 6,911 16.2 Purbeck 406 2,355 2,265 17.2 West Dorset 816 6,639 6,360 12.3 Weymouth and Portland 1,053 4,473 4,182 23.5 Wimborne *370 2,474 2,561 *15.0 Cheltenham *1,141 7,997 7,111 *14.3 Cotswold 822 5,904 5,416 13.9 Forest of Dean 700 5,806 5,586 12.1 Gloucester 1,076 7,499 6,661 14.3 Stroud 1,170 8,574 7,781 13.6 Tewkesbury 851 4,932 4,337 17.3 Mendip 1,182 7,510 6,778 15.7 Sedgemoor 1,351 7,960 6,899 17.0 Taunton Deane 980 9,243 8,747 10.6 West Somerset 453 2,358 2,175 19.2 Yeovil 1,503 13,127 12,236 11.4 Kennet 646 6,340 5,968 10.2 North Wiltshire 1,109 8,785 7,826 12.6 Salisbury 735 8,755 8,581 8.4 Thamesdown *2,219 15,790 14,682 *14.1 West Wiltshire *1,135 8,434 7,265 *13.5 Region 8 West Midlands Bromsgrove 977 5,430 4,632 18.0
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Local authority All completed sales to sitting tenants 1 April 1979 to 30 June 1984 Number of council dwellings at 1 April 1979 Number of council dwellings at 1 April 1984 All sales as percentage of dwelling stock at 1 April 1979 Hereford 829 5,793 5,221 14.3 Leominster 418 2,468 2,163 16.9 Malvern Hills *1,015 6,130 5,679 *16.6 Redditch 689 4,224 3,733 16.3 South Herefordshire 598 2,857 2,370 20.9 Worcester 691 7,035 6,626 9.8 Wychavon 1,925 9,709 8,390 19.8 Wyre Forest 903 8,599 7,992 10.5 Bridgnorth 368 4,004 3,810 9.2 North Shropshire *566 4,094 3,690 *13.8 Oswestry 388 3,125 2,878 12.4 Shrewsbury and Atcham 737 7,564 7,151 9.7 South Shropshire *349 2,203 1,964 *15.8 The Wrekin 1,365 12,345 11,543 11.1 Cannock Chase *1,567 10,114 8,830 *15.5 East Staffordshire 986 7,839 7,270 12.6 Lichfield *194 7,434 6,636 *2.6 Newcastle-under-Lyme 1,503 13,472 12,444 11.2 South Staffordshire 1,140 7,517 6,777 15.2 Stafford 1,130 9,351 8,609 12.1 Staffordshire Moorlands 635 4,838 4,318 13.1 Stoke-on-Trent *3,964 32,318 29,390 *12.3 Tamworth 1,009 8,493 8,269 11.9 North Warwickshire 774 5,647 5,009 13.7 Nuneaton and Bedworth 1,503 10,838 9,677 13.9 Rugby 898 6,549 5,769 13.7 Stratford-on-Avon 1,482 8,660 7,662 17.1 Warwick 1,236 8,969 8,170 13.8 Birmingham 16,848 151,208 125,745 11.1 Coventry 1,882 26,963 25,828 7.0 Dudley *3,973 40,660 37,485 *9.8 Sandwell 3,332 57,775 56,571 5.8 Solihull 1,803 6,115 17,157 29.5 Walsall 3,973 41,772 39,206 9.5 Wolverhampton *4,461 43,422 41,000 *10.3 Region 9 NORTH WEST INC. CUMBRIA Chester 1,091 9,675 8,817 11.3 Congleton 886 5,952 5,272 14.9 Crewe and Nantwich 1,038 9,449 8,726 11.0 Ellesmere Port and Neston 1,628 10,667 9,144 15.3 Halton 2,011 11,385 9,919 17.7 Macclesfield 1,260 9,735 8,839 12.9 Vale Royal 1,688 11,858 10,216 14.2 Warrington 1,846 14,158 13,345 13.0 Allerdale 533 6,528 6,673 8.2 Barrow-in-Furness *305 5,139 4,955 *5.9 Carlisle 1,586 13,727 12,639 11.6 Copeland 1,291 7,791 6,764 16.6 Eden 513 3,028 2,637 16.9 South Lakeland 913 6,773 6,122 13.5 Blackburn 719 14,631 14,238 4.9 Blackpool 696 7,497 7,502 9.3 Burnley 906 7,955 7,411 11.4 Chorley 619 4,876 4,350 12.7 Fylde 540 3,026 2,642 17.8 Hyndburn 493 4,924 4,641 10.0 Lancaster 1,082 6,382 5,607 17.0 Pendle *713 5,716 5,374 *12.5 Preston *499 11,941 11,696 *4.2 Ribble Valley *366 2,219 1,924 *16.5 Rossendale *955 7,077 6,132 *13.5 South Ribble 806 4,783 4,328 16.9 West Lancashire 938 4,559 3,797 20.6 Wyre 619 4,585 4,141 13.5 Bolton 1,945 26,218 26,281 7.4 Bury 1,511 13,213 11,828 11.4 Manchester *5,175 106,000 100,379 *4.9 Oldham 1,100 27,028 26,639 4.1 Rochdale 1,303 22,033 22,296 5.9 Salford 2,206 42,040 43,050 5.2 Stockport *1,641 18,415 16,874 *8.9 Tameside 1,830 22,266 21,362 8.2
Local authority All completed sales to sitting tenants 1 April 1979 to 30 June 1984 Number of council dwellings at 1 April 1979 Number of council dwellings at 1 April 1984 All sales as percentage of dwelling stock at 1 April 1979 Trafford 1,636 15,187 14,333 10.8 Wigan 3,189 36,731 34,556 8.7 Knowsley 6,140 38,653 26,902 15.9 Liverpool *7,874 78,453 65,066 *10.0 Sefton 3,310 21,721 18,453 15.2 St. Helens 1,839 21,737 20,659 8.5 Wirral 3,656 28,967 25,190 12.6 * Incomplete.