HC Deb 27 June 1988 vol 136 cc148-51W
Mr. Soley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the value of discounts to tenants acquiring council housing under the right to buy(a) in England and (b) in each region, in each year from 1981 to 1987.

Mrs. Roe

The available information is given below.

1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87
South West 31.4 92.7 108.2 86.5 82.2 79.3 97.0
West Midlands 42.1 80.3 149.6 104.3 70.5 63.1 70.9
North West including Cumbria 144.2 195.4 162.0 93.1 57.7 65.4 67.0
England 415.9 908.0 1299.2 944.4 869.1 902.5 1070.7
1 DOE housing regions in 1980–81 and 1981–82 included Cumbria in the northern region

Mr. Soley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table showing the average incomes of first-time house buyers and the average prices of houses in(a) England and (b) each region, in each of the years from 1979 to 1987.

Local authorities in England: sales of dwellings 1980–81—1986–87 Numbers sold and values net of discount
DOE regions 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87
Northern region
Right to buy sales 400 13,200 19,300 8,400 4,900 4,300 4,600
Sitting tenant sales 700 13,200 19,300 8,400 4,900 4,300 4,600
Sitting tenant values £ million 5.4 95.2 139.4 68.5 41.8 36.9 40.1
Non sitting tenant sales 200 600 300 200 300 400 200
Non sitting tenant values £ million 2.1 3.9 3.0 1.5 2.8 3.8 3.9
Yorkshire and Humberside
Right to buy sales 200 11,300 19,800 9,000 6,600 6,600 6,800
Sitting tenant sales 4,800 12,300 20,300 9,400 6,900 6,800 7,000
Sitting tenant values £ million 28.6 89.6 152.5 76.0 57.4 56.8 62.8
Non sitting tenant sales 100 300 100 200 300 200 200
Non sitting tenant values £ million 0.9 5.9 0.5 1.6 2.1 1.4 1.5
East Midlands
Right to buy sales 400 13,200 19,300 9,800 6,500 6,800 7,600
Sitting tenant sales 4,400 13,900 19,500 10,000 6,700 6,900 7,600
Sitting tenant values £ million 30.5 104.7 152.0 85.3 59.4 62.0 77.3
Non sitting tenant sales 300 200 400 300 200 300 200
Non sitting tenant values £ million 2.2 1.6 2.2 1.9 2.3 3.4 3.2
Eastern
Right to buy sales 200 12,400 16,600 13,900 12,300 11,500 11,700
Sitting tenant sales 9,900 16,200 19,200 15,500 13,900 12,200 13,000
Sitting tenant values £ million 98.0 180.7 226.3 195.0 188.1 174.4 218.2
Non sitting tenant sales 400 200 400 300 400 200 300
Non sitting tenant values £ million 4.6 2.3 5.1 4.1 6.4 4.2 7.6
Greater London
Right to buy sales 300 6,800 17,300 12,700 11,400 10,800 12,300
Sitting tenants sales 11,500 10,200 18,600 13,800 13,400 12,300 12,800
Sitting tenants values £ million 137.0 150.5 226.3 215.0 220.4 232.1 269.0
Non sitting tenant sales 3,800 3,500 1,800 1,300 1,300 1,900 1,000
Non sitting tenant values £ million 65.0 68.4 40.2 27.8 28.8 42.5 34.4
South East
Right to buy sales 300 13,800 15,700 15,200 12,600 10,800 11,200
Sitting tenant sales 10,500 17,100 18,200 17,800 15,200 12,500 13,300
Sitting tenant values £ million 126.5 200.9 230.7 242.8 221.1 196.7 240.0
Non sitting tenant sales 900 200 300 400 400 500 700
Non sitting tenant values £ million 15.3 3.8 5.1 5.3 6.8 7.2 12.7
South West
Right to buy sales 200 11,500 13,500 9,900 7,400 7,200 7,300
Sitting tenant sales 4,500 12,500 14,000 10,500 8,600 7,400 8,000
Sitting tenant values (£ million) 40.1 124.0 144.1 115.5 98.9 88.9 106.6
Non sitting tenant sales 200 100 200 400 200 300 200
Non sitting tenant values (£ million) 1.5 2.2 2.4 5.7 3.9 6.0 4.3
West Midlands
Right to buy sales 100 10,900 21,600 14,200 8,800 6,900 8,300
Sitting tenant sales 7,900 11,500 21,900 14,500 9,100 7,000 8,400
Sitting tenant values (£ million) 59.2 94.9 190.3 130.3 83.0 68.1 78.6
Non sitting tenant sales 700 200 600 1,300 900 300 100
Non sitting tenant values (£ million) 5.8 2.4 7.0 13.0 8.1 2.7 1.3
North West
Right to buy sales 200 12,100 24,000 13,200 7,000 7,300 6,800
Sitting tenant sales 7,200 15,400 25,500 14,200 7,900 8,100 7,800
Sitting tenant values (£ million) 52.1 123.8 199.3 116.0 69.8 66.8 7.1

Mrs. Roe

The available information is given below: values of dwellings sold under the right to buy are not collected.

DOE regions 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87
Non sitting tenant sales 100 600 700 3,800 700 700 600
Non sitting tenant values (£ million) 1.5 6.3 5.6 11.0 6.7 7.1 5.1
England
Right to buy sales 2,300 105,200 167,100 106,300 77,500 72,100 76,700
Sitting tenant sales 61,400 122,300 176,500 114,100 86,600 77,600 82,700
Sitting tenant values (£ million) 572.4 1,164.2 1,700.9 1,244.4 1,039.8 982.9 1,163.2
Non sitting tenant sales 6,800 5,900 4,700 7,900 4,800 4,700 3,500
Non sitting tenant values (£ million) 99.2 92.5 71.1 72.0 67.8 78.2 73.8

Notes:

1 Sitting tenant sales include right to buy sales

2 DOE regions in 1980–81 and 1981–82 included Cumbria in the Northern Region.