§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many council properties have been sold to council house tenants in Doncaster metropolitan borough council as a whole since 1979 to date; and what proportion of the total stock of council properties these sales represent in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. TrippierFrom April 1979 to September 1988 Doncaster metropolitan borough council reported selling 8,289 dwellings to is tenants. The sales represented the following percentages of the estimated stock at the start of each financial year.
Percentage of Stock Sold to Sitting Tenants 1979–80 Nil 1980–81 0.2 1981–82 3.9 1982–83 8.3 1983–84 2.5 1984–85 1.7 1985–86 1.4 1986–87 1.3 1987–88 1.8 11988–89 1.2 1 Six months only.
§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been the annual cost since 1979 for South Yorkshire of the publicity material promoting the right to buy council housing and flats; and if he will give in his answer the amount for each local authority.
§ Mr. TrippierMy answer of 6 March to the hon. Member for Newham, North-West (Mr. Banks) at column454W 427, gave the costs of national publicity to draw the attention of tenants to their right to buy their homes. The expenditure cannot be attributed to particular areas.