§ Mr. John MarshallTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will consider setting Camden council a public target for dealing with the backlog of offer notices under the right-to-buy legislation;
(2) if he will consider setting the London borough of Newham public targets for dealing with its backlog of offer notices under the right-to-buy legislation.
§ Mr. TrippierI am requiring regular monthly reports from Camden and Newham councils on progress towards eliminating backlogs. I will take whatever action seems appropriate in the light of the reports.
§ Mr. John MarshallTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many tenants are waiting for but have not been served an offer notice under the right-to-buy laws within the statutory time limit in(a) Camden, (b) Brent, (c) Lewisham and (d) Newham; and how many tenants have been served with such notices in each of these boroughs during each of the last three months.
§ Mr. TrippierThe latest available information is:
(a) Offer notices not served within the staturory time limit, as at 31 October 1988 Number Camden 12,349 Brent 1,350 Lewisham 1,595 Newham 1,300 130 September.
(b) Offer notices served in the last three months August September October Camden 135 111 n.a. Brent 22 34 183 Lewisham 182 125 257 Newham 168 165 166