§ Mr. SoleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many assured tenancies of(a) newly built and (b) newly improved properties have been created in each of the years since 1981 in England.
§ Mrs. RoeThe information is not available in the form requested. The number of assured tenancy lettings of newly built property on 1 April each year since 1983 was:
Number 1983 44 1984 224 1985 405 1986 609 1987 2,993 148W
Total value of discounts on sales by English local authorities (£ million) 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 DOE Regions Northern excluding Cumbria 11.5 178.4 101.1 52.9 33.3 33.1 35.8 Yorkshire and Humberside 18.8 64.7 121.1 57.7 46.2 50.3 57.9 East Midlands 24.1 85.4 118.9 63.4 48.6 54.5 68.0 Eastern 70.0 134.3 170.1 146.6 155.1 156.5 194.4 Greater London 90.1 126.7 197.5 156.2 192.7 220.6 261.6 South East 93.7 150.1 170.8 183.5 182.9 179.7 218.1 English local authority housing revenue account dwellings in total and on a per dwelling basis for the years 1978–79 to 1987–88.
§ Mrs. RoeHousing Subsidy up to 1980–81 was paid under a different system. Information for the years 1981–82 to 1987–88 inclusive, has already been given in answer to the hon. Member's question on 10 June, column736. My hon. Friend, the Minister for Housing and Planning, wrote to him on 20 June to correct two computer-produced errors in that answer. The corrected information is reproduced below.
The assured tenancy scheme was extended in January 1987 to include newly refurbished property. By 1 April 1987, five refurbished dwellings had been let under assured tenancies. A survey to establish the number of assured tenancies at 1 April 1988 is currently taking place.