HC Deb 30 January 1991 vol 184 c532W
18. Mr. Favell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many households have bought their first homes since 1979.

Mr. Yeo

Since April 1979 over 6.5 million dwellings in Great Britain have been bought by first-time buyers. No less than 1.6 million of these were sales by local authorities, new towns and housing associations, over three quarters being made possible by the right to buy.