§ Mr. Heddleasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will update the table giving information on sales of dwellings by each local authority in England, 665W which was referred to in the answer given to the hon. Member for Mid-Staffordshire on 19 February, Official Report, column 412.
§ Mr. GowI have today placed in the Library the latest figures, to which my hon. Friend refers, giving information reported by each local authority in England on the progress of council house sales to the end of December 1984.
Defendants proceeded against under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1962, The Rent Act 1977 and the Protection from Eviction Act 1977 by Act and section England and Wales Year Total proceedings under the Protection from Eviction Act 1977 sections 1(2) and 1(3) Proceedings under section 1(2) (Unlawful Eviction) Proceedings under section 1(3) (Harassment) Number of defendants proceeded against Number of defendants proceeded against Number of defendants proceeded against 1977 5 2 3 1978 70 45 25 1979 20 16 4 1980 131 94 37 1981 118 87 31 1982 115 84 31 1983 57 42 15
Year Total proceedings under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1962 (Failing to provide rent book etc.) Number of defendants proceeded against 1977 18 1978 29
Year Total proceedings under The Rent Act 1979 Proceedings under section 57(4) (False entry in rent book) Proceedings under section 81 (Demanding Excess Rent) Proceedings under section 119 (Demanding premiums) Number of defendants proceeded against Number of defendants proceeded against Number of defendants proceeded against Number of defendants proceeded against 1977 * * * * 1978 4 — 2 2 1979 3 — — 3 1980 2 — 2 — 1981 4 2 1 2 1982 4 1 1 2 1983 — — — — * Information not available.