HC Deb 21 December 1984 vol 70 cc400-1W
Mr. Foulkes

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table showing, for England, the gross receipts from sales of council homes under the right-to-buy policy, for the years 1979–80 to the latest available year.

Sir George Young

Amounts of initial capital receipts from all sales of council houses by English local authority and new towns since 1979–80 are set out as follows. No separate information is available for sales under the right to buy.

£ million
1979–80 126.3
1980–81 193.4
1981–82 548.0
1982–83 1,046.0
1983–84* 1,023.0
* Provisional.