§ Mr. ClayTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will update the information provided in his answer to the hon. Member for Bootle (Mr. Roberts) on 13 July 1987,Official Report, columns 387–88, concerning the sale of empty local authority dwellings to private developers.
§ Mrs. RoeThe most recent information available is given in the table. The earlier reservations about the comprehensiveness of the figures still apply. The table should not, therefore, be compared directly with the earlier one.
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Number of disposals of vacant dwellings since 1979 Local Authority Number Birmingham 128 Bolton 50 Bradford 156 Brentwood 10 Bristol 5 Broxbourne 113 Burnley 111 Calderdale 96 Copeland 47 Coventry 76 Crewe & Nantwich 2 Halton 56 Hartlepool 117 Gedling 54 Kensington & Chelsea 50 Kettering 23 Knowsley 204 Lancaster 44 Langbaurgh 419 Leeds 91 Lichfield 128 Liverpool 392 Macclesfield 5 Manchester 46 Middlesbrough 350 Newcastle 241 North Tyneside 150 Nottingham 118 Oldham 331 Portsmouth 520 Preston 344 Reading 245 Rochdale 130 Rochester Upon Medway City 511 Rotherham 331 Rushcliffe 54 Salford 1,028 Sedgefield 196 Sefton 378 Solihull 268 South Holland 23 South Kesteven 11 South Tyneside 150 Southwark 191 Stockport 54 Stoke-on-Trent 42 Sunderland 694 Swale 14 Tamworth 41 Thurrock 90 Tower Hamlets 443 Trafford 156 Uttlesford 4 Walsall 70 Wandsworth 1,099 Warrington 52 Wear Valley 5 West Lindsey 59
Local Authority Number Westminster 10 Wigan 188 Wirral 423 Wolverhampton 7 Wycombe 5 Total 11,561