§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what is the value by historic cost and market price, of the local authority housing stock sold since 1979 (a) under right to buy legislation, (b) sales to sitting tenants and (c) sales of vacant dwellings, giving the cost of discounts off the sale price in each case;
(2) what is the total local authority housing stock sold since 1979, giving a breakdown of sales (a) under right to buy legislation (b) other sales to sitting tenants and (c) sales of vacant dwellings, listing how many in each category were (i) houses, (ii) flats, (iii) maisonettes, (iv) bungalows and (v) others.
§ Mr. John Patten[pursuant to his answer, 17 November 1986, c. 44–45]: Between April 1979 and June 1986 nearly 750,000 council houses were sold in England at a price after discount of £8 billion. These sales have given individual tenants greater control over their own homes and environment, are leading to more variety and social diversity on former council estates, and have given authorities very substantial additional resources for other capital work.
The detailed figures are as follows:
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Sales of local authority dwellings, England April 1979 to June 1986 Thousands (a) Right to Buy Other sales to sitting tenants Vacant dwellings All Houses (including Bungalows) 528 n/a n/a 713
(a) Right to Buy Other sales to sitting tenants Vacant dwellings All Flats (including Maisonettes) 21 n/a n/a 34 All 549 157 41 747
£ Billion (b) Right to buy and other sales to sitting tenants Vacant dwellings All Selling price 7.4 0.6 8.0 Discount n/a n/a 5.8 Market Value n/a n/a 13.8 n/a = Not available.