HC Deb 27 February 1990 vol 168 c175W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the sales of council houses quarter by quarter up to and including the last quarter of 1989 since 1985.

Mr. Chope

The information requested is listed in the table:

English local authority and new town sales1
Year Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
1985 25,981 21,550 21,711 20,359
1986 20,979 19,684 20,979 23,380
1987 23,944 21,575 23,221 27,382
1988 34,472 32,607 35,202 39,363
1989 40,933 37,290 233,856 333,000
1 Includes sales to owner-occupiers only.
2 Provisional.
3 Estimated.