HC Deb 10 May 1988 vol 133 cc62-3W
Mr. Thurnham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the total number of right to buy sales to date since the passing of the Housing Act 1980.

Mrs. Roe

A total of 689,000 dwellings in England had been sold by local authorities, new towns and housing associations under the right-to-buy legislation up to the end of December 1987.