HC Deb 23 June 1986 vol 100 cc6-7W
Dr. Roger Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many council owned houses have been sold by each district council in Cornwall since 1980.

Sir George Young

The district councils in Cornwall have reported selling the following numbers of houses and flats between 1 April 1980 and 31 March 1986:

Number
Caradon 631
Carrick *725
Kerrier 631
North Cornwall 807
Penwith 570
Restormel 793
Isles of Scilly *7
* Returns incomplete.

Dr. Roger Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what information he has as to the number of residential units in each of the district council areas in Cornwall which are second houses or holiday homes, and as to what percentage they represent of the housing stock.

Sir George Young

The latest available information is the numbers of household spaces counted in the 1981 census as being second residences or holiday accommodation which were unoccupied on census night. The figures are derived from table 18 of the census 1981 county report for Cornwall.

Unoccupied second residences and holiday accommodation, April 1981
Number Percentage of all household spaces
Caradon 1,811 6.3
Carrick 1,669 5.1
Kerrier 1,362 4.0
North Cornwall 3,169 10.9
Penwith 1,953 7.8
Restormel 1,657 5.2
Isles of Scilly 156 15.7

Dwellings Acquired for Retention in Council Stock*
1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 l985–86†
Caradon 5 5 1
Carrick 2 n.a.
Kerrier 1 4 1 2
North Cornwall 11 2 1 3
Penwith 1
Restormel 11
Isles of Scilly 5 ‡—
* Including any acquisitions in housing action areas, priority neighbourhoods and general improvement areas for resale to housing associations, before 1985–86. Excluding repurchases under the 1984 Housing Defects Act.
† Provisional
‡ April to September 1985
n.a. = not available

Dr. Roger Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many houses are owned by each district council in Cornwall.

Sir George Young

The latest information relates to 1 April 1985 and was provided in the council's housing investment programme returns. The figures are listed in column All of "HIPI (1985) all items print" which is available in the Library.

Dr. Roger Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many residential units have been built by each district council in Cornwall for each year since 1980.

Sir George Young

The numbers of house building completions reported by each district council in Cornwall for the years 1980 to 1983 appear in issue 73 of "Local Housing Statistics" and for 1984 and 1985 in issue 77. Copies are available in the Library.

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