§ Mrs. PeacockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many council properties have been sold to council house tenants in Kirklees since 1979 to the latest year for which figures are available; what this is of the total stock ; and how much income this has generated for the local authorities as a result of these sales.
§ Mr. Trippier[holding answer 17 April 1989]: Some 3,500 sales to sitting tenants have been reported by Kirklees district council between April 1979 and the end of December 1986; this is about 9 per cent. of the average stock over the period since 1979; the reported sales had a capital value (net of discount) of over £21 million. No returns of sales to sitting tenants have been received by the Department since December 1986.