§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list for each year since 1978 the number of local authority homes sold to sitting tenants and the number of new local authority homes built(a) in England as a whole and (b) for each local authority in England.
§ Mr. TrippierThe information requested is as listed. The available information for each local authority has today been laid in the Library: this shows total local authority sales and local authority new building completions for each financial year from 1980–81 to 1987–88. The equivalent for England is as follows:
Local authorities: England: numbers of dwellings All sales Housebuilding completions 1980–81 68,200 65,300 1981–82 128,200 39,700 1982–83 181,200 27,200 1983–84 1122,000 28,000 1984–85 91,400 26,800 1985–86 82,300 21,400 1986–87 86,100 17,900 1987–88 2110,300 15,300 1 Includes 3,000 dwellings in Cantril Farm sold to Stockbridge Village Trust. 2 Includes 5,500 dwellings sold by London Residuary Body to Thamesmead Town Ltd.