§ Mr. BarnesTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many homes have been sold under the right-to-buy legislation in each year since its introduction; and what was the number of public sector housing starts in each of those years.
§ Mr. Tim SmithThe Northern Ireland Housing Executive operates a scheme for the sale of its houses to secure tenants which mirrors the statutory right-to-buy scheme operating in England and Wales. The chief executive has advised me that house sales under the scheme, together with the number of new build starts, are as follows:
Year Dwellings sold New build starts 1980–81 1,994 1,224 1981–82 7,042 4,680 1982–83 5,554 3,947 1983–84 5,440 3,705 1984–85 5,422 2,430 1985–86 4,103 1,508 1986–87 3,184 1,675 1987–88 2,807 1,633 1988–89 3,368 1,554 1989–90 4,638 1,405 1990–91 4,092 1,007 1991–92 3,191 814 1992–93 3,228 1,005 1993–94 3,972 1,064 Total 58,035 27,671