HL Deb 03 December 1986 vol 482 c922WA
Lord Winstanley

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many homes have been sold by local authorities both to tenants under "right to buy" legislation and for other reasons for each year since 1979, and what was the total revenue for both categories of sales.

Lord Skelmersdale

The available estimates of numbers and capital values of local authority dwelling sales in Great Britain for the financial years from 1979/80, are given in the table attached.

>SALES OF DWELLINGS BY

LOCAL AUTHORITIES*: GREAT BRITAIN
Numbers Capital Value (net of discount)
Right to Buy Other Total £ million
1979/80 — 56,200 56,200 518.1
1980/81 2,600 72,900 75,500 707.9
1981/82 124,400 26,500 150,900 1410.2
1982/83 193,100 16,500 209,600 1984.3
1983/84 126,500 20,100 146,600 1499.0
1984/85 93,900 17,200 111,100 1269.2
1985/86 87,800 13,800 101,600 1212.6
1st Qtr (provisional) 19,800 2,800 22,600 286.1
*14,100 dwellings sold by the Scottish Special Housing Association are included in the total of 874,100 sales, but not in the capital value figures.

There were 30,500 voluntary sales of dwellings by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive in the whole period, with a capital value of £222.9 million.