§ Mr. Fallonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Darlington, 19 January, Official Report, column 370, he will give the number of tenants registered under the national mobility scheme in each of the last five years, and the number who successfully found accommodation under this scheme.
§ Mr. TraceyRecords are not kept in precisely the form requested, but reports of the national mobility steering committee for the first five years of the national mobility scheme give the following information:
New nominations made1 Number of moves All tenures by council tenants2 All tenures by council tenants2 1981–82 13,316 9,900 3,384 2,500 1982–83 19,331 14,900 6,235 4,800 1983–84 21,911 17,400 6,820 5,400 1984–85 27,839 22,550 7,593 6,150 1985–86 21,734 17,800 6,840 5,700 Totals 104,131 82,550 30,872 24,550 1 "Nominations made" means the number of persons whose local authority nominated them for a move to a local authority in a different county. The numbers of nominations for moves within counties are not known. 2 NMO estimates.