§ Mr. JoplingTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many dwellings were owned by each district council in Cumbria at the time that the right to buy was introduced; how many are owned at the latest convenient date; and what percentage that is of the original figure.
§ Sir George YoungThe information available from local authorities' annual housing investment programme returns is as follows:
Number of dwellings owned by the authority at 1 April 1980 1991 1991 as percentage of 1980 Allerdale 6,742 5,550 82 Barrow-in-Furness 5,240 3,958 76 Carlisle 13,863 9,897 71 Copeland 7,827 5,094 65 Eden 3,077 2,038 66 South Lakeland 6,821 4,749 70 Right to buy was introduced in October 1980. Changes in local authorities' dwelling stocks will reflect gains from new building and other acquisitions, sales other than through the right to buy and other losses.