Council House Sales (Leicester)

HC Deb 15 May 1987 vol 116 cc395-6W

Mr. Peter Bruinvels

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many council houses have been sold within the city of Leicester since the Government's right-to-buy legislation; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Tracey

Reported sales of dwellings by Leicester city council appear in the following issues of "Local Housing Statistics" which are available in the Library.

Financial Years	Issue Number
1980–81	62
1981–82	63
1982–83	67
1983–84	75
1984–85 and 1985–86	79

Leicester city council has reported selling 461 dwellings in the first three quarters of 1986–87, of which 460 were under the right-to-buy scheme implemented in the Housing Act 1980.