HC Deb 24 November 1986 vol 106 c42W
Mr. Lofthouse

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the total value of discounts accruing to tenants exercising the right to buy or purchasing their homes from local authorities under voluntary sales agreements in each year since 1978–79, including the estimate for the current financial year.

Mr. Tracey

The information collected from local authorities is the aggregate amount of discounts on all their housing sales each quarter and the available estimates for England are as follows:

£ billion
1978–79 0.1
1979–80 0.3
1980–81 0.4
1981–82 0.9
1982–83 1.3
1983–84 0.9
1984–85 0.9
1985–86 (provisional) 0.9
1st quarter 1986–87(provisional) 0.2