HC Deb 19 January 1987 vol 108 c369W
Mr. Aspinwall

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many council houses have been sold to sitting tenants in the county of Avon in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Tracey

The numbers of right-to-buy sales, and other sales to sitting tenants by councils in the county of Avon, are given in the following issues of "Local Housing Statistics" which are available in the Library:

Year Issue No.
1983–84 75
1984–85 79
1985–86 79

Subsequent to the publication of issue No. 79, Bristol has reported 1,313 sales to sitting tenants in 1984/85 and 903 in 1985/86.

Corresponding figures for each local authority in Avon for the period 1 April to 30 September 1986 are:

Numbers
Bath 62
Bristol 359
Kingswood 49
Northavon 64
Wansdyke 137
Woodspring 97
11 April to 30 June only.