HC Deb 16 July 1992 vol 211 cc1043-4W
Sir John Stanley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the housing authorities that have transferred most or all of their housing stock to housing associations stating in each case the year of the transfer and the number of dwellings transferred.

Sir George Young

The information is as follows:

Local authority Year of transfer Number of dwellings
Chiltern 1988 4,650
Sevenoaks 1989 6,526
Newbury 1989 7,053
Swale 1990 7,352
Broadland 1990 3,721
North Bedfordshire 1990 7,472
Medina 1990 2,825
Rochester 1990 8,029
South Wight 1990 2,119
Mid Sussex 1990 4,426
East Dorset 1990 2,245
Tonbridge and Mailing 1991 6,382
Ryedale 1991 3,353
South Bucks 1991 3,319
Christchurch 1991 1,542
Suffolk Coastal 1991 5,272
Tunbridge Wells 1992 5,519
Bromley 1992 12,393

Mr. Raynsford

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, what(a) evidence and (b) reports he has received from the Housing Corporation on the affordability of new homes provided by housing associations in England.

Mr. Baldry

The Housing Corporation has made available to the Department the work it has done so far in monitoring the rents set for new housing association homes.

Mr. Raynsford

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what(a) evidence and (b) reports he has received from the Housing Corporation on the affordability of new homes provided by housing associations in England.

Mr. Baldry

The Housing Corporation has made available to the Department the work it has been done so far in monitoring the rents set for new housing association homes.