HC Deb 26 May 1993 vol 225 cc608-9W
14. Mr. Knox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many council houses have been sold to sitting tenants in England since May 1979.

Mr. Howard

More than 1.1 million council properties in England have been sold to sitting tenants since May 1979, under the right to buy. In Great Britain as a whole, our policy has enabled more than 1.4 million former public sector tenants to become owner occupiers.