HC Deb 13 March 1991 vol 187 c520W
Mr. Ridley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the latest figure for the number of houses sold under the right-to-buy scheme.

Mr. Heseltine

[holding answer 12 March 1991]: Between October 1980 and December 1990 over 1 million tenants purchased their homes from local authorities in England under the right-to-buy legislation.