HC Deb 28 June 1994 vol 245 cc489-90W
Mr. Gerrard

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the total amount of local authority capital receipts from council house sales set aside as provision to meet credit liabilities.

Mr. Baldry

Returns from local authorities indicate that the total amounts set aside as provision to meet credit liabilities at 31 March 1993 was £6.2 billion. No figures are available within this total for the amounts set aside from capital receipts arising from the sale of council houses.

Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been(a) the total number of council house sales and (b) the number as a percentage of stocks in each district council area for the period since 1980.

Sir George Young

A table showing the available information on the total number of council dwelling sales in each English local authority for every financial year since 1979–80 and a cumulative total to December 1993 is in the Library. The table also gives data on the cumulative total of sales expressed as a percentage of the estimated stock at 1 April 1979.

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