§ Mr. SoleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) how many council houses, flats and maisonnettes have been sold by each London borough between May 1979 and November 1987;
(2) what percentage of council houses sold in each London borough between May 1979 and November 1987 were sold (a) under the right-to-buy legislation and (b) as vacant possession sales;
(3) how many applications to exercise the right-to-buy have been received by each London borough between (a) May 1979 and March 1987 and (b) for each month from November 1986 to November 1987.
§ Mrs. RoeInformation on council house sales and right to buy applications has been collected almost wholly in regular quarterly returns and the figures in the table are those reported for the period from 1 April 1979 to 30 June 1987: 15W
1All sales April 1979 to June 1987 Right to buy applications: October 1980 to June 1987 Number of which Total of which, in quarters ending: RTB per cent. Vacant per cent. Number September December March June 1986 1986 1987 1987 Harrow 1,943 85 2 3,369 150 117 192 229 Havering 4,921 53 6 4,059 ֵ ֵ ֵ ֵ Hillingdon 2,693 16 48 1,469 ֵ ֵ ֵ ֵ Hounslow 2,681 96 0 6,694 281 260 390 448 Islington 1,108 83 17 4,915 109 152 183 94 Kensington and Chelsea 780 54 39 1,653 101 65 197 233 Kingston 1,550 72 11 2,457 85 89 189 149 Lambeth 745 93 6 3,866 ֵ ֵ ֵ ֵ Lewisham 2,826 100 0 7,800 414 317 687 746 Merton 3,724 53 8 3,348 ֵ 146 92 0 Newham 2,544 90 10 6,577 484 268 517 685 Redbridge 2,868 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Richmond 1,698 90 0 3,691 139 160 236 292 Southwark 2,117 76 19 4,318 105 182 268 518 Sutton 2,251 84 6 4,163 225 182 263 274 Tower Hamlets 1,010 78 22 897 ֵ ֵ ֵ ֵ Waltham Forest 2,524 73 27 3,693 ֵ ֵ ֵ ֵ Wandsworth 10,673 40 55 10,693 ֵ 564 954 ֵ Westminster 1,830 66 22 4,209 287 154 750 ֵ ֵ Not available. 1 All sales include voluntary sales to sitting tenants.