HC Deb 28 April 1993 vol 223 c426W
Mr. Nigel Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many(a) MOD and (b) other Government Department's properties have been purchased by housing associations, through private treaty sales, under the Government's housing market package; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Baldry

According to provisional outturn figures from the Housing Corporation, housing associations in England have purchased 78 properties from the Ministry of Defence and none from any other Government Department under the housing market package announced by the Chancellor in his autumn statement.

Mr. William Powell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many housing association units have been purchased by housing associations under the housing market package announced in November 1992 in each local authority in Northamptonshire.

Mr. Baldry

According to provisional outturn figures from the Housing Corporation, housing association purchases in each of the local authority areas in Northamptonshire were as shown in the table.

Local Authority Area Number of units purchased
Corby 24
Daventry 45
East Northamptonshire 36
Kettering 78
Northampton 60
South Northamptonshire 17
Wellingborough 25