Sir Irvine PatrickTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the number of council dwellings owned by each metropolitan council and the total number in each sold off in each of the last three years and the total income accruing to each council for each year. [35848]
§ Mr. CurryThe available information reported by authorities is in the following table. Actual cash receipts will depend on the extend to which sales had been financed by loans from the authorities.
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Council dwelling stock, number and capital value of sales Metropolitan councils in England 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 Metropolitan councils Total sales Value of sales (£000) Total sales Value of sales (£000) Total sales Value of sales (£000) Local authority stock at 1 April 1995 Greater Manchester Bolton 150 2,615 156 2,233 129 1,775 22,710 Bury 104 1,989 119 2,044 177 1,874 10,043 Manchester 506 8,103 654 9,996 12,001 117,412 83,406 Oldham 140 2,335 113 2,162 93 1,615 21,076 Rochdale 180 2,858 209 3,615 128 2,164 17,851 Salford 558 3,720 498 3,452 289 2,387 33,445 Stockport 66 1,297 90 1,757 53 962 14,028 Tameside 106 2,013 124 2,239 87 1,595 18,745 Trafford 83 1,764 77 1,769 250 21,199 11,749 Wigan 150 2,491 168 2,748 104 1,578 28,496 Merseyside Knowsley 248 3,473 230 3,276 194 2,908 20,629 Liverpool 31,131 35,643 658 4,588 4112 4755 48,685 Sefton 133 2,148 148 2,646 122 2,120 14,840 St. Helens 87 1,668 92 1,758 95 1,758 16,594 Wirral 117 1,828 130 2,061 126 2,026 19,799 South Yorkshire Barnsley 177 2,471 212 3,448 111 1,964 26,640 Doncaster 299 4,588 290 4,517 237 3,629 29,101 Rotherham 214 3,389 191 2,939 258 4,238 30,102 Sheffield 566 8,902 617 10,084 491 7,935 71,696 Tyne and Wear Gateshead 291 4,233 308 4,706 308 4,903 29,375 Newcastle upon Tyne 282 4,007 333 5,593 255 4,080 39,224 North Tyneside 124 2,044 175 2,940 172 2,984 23,018 South Tyneside 275 4,563 263 4,398 208 3,507 24,742 Sunderland 560 8,091 819 12,018 2603 28,807 42,450 West Midlands Birmingham 5865 513,661 760 14,028 663 12,412 99,816 Coventry 136 2,160 144 2,359 117 11,774 21,039 Dudley 317 5,926 253 3,756 291 5,283 30,975 Sandwell 417 7,448 481 8,513 449 8,086 44,776 Solihull 114 2,525 119 2,542 109 2,292 13,319 Walsall 356 5,684 435 6,917 Not reported 31,978 Wolverhampton 379 6,092 397 6,520 2230 23,789 32,975 West Yorkshire Bradford 257 4,387 225 3,724 173 2,668 29,856 Calderdale 47 892 44 849 56 1,011 13,741 Kirklees 250 4,126 251 4,518 182 3,247 30,498 Leeds 656 11,065 810 11,796 648 10,953 78,142 Wakefield 240 4,644 376 7,538 285 5,679 39,434 Notes:
1Includes a partial large scale voluntary transfer of 1,409 dwellings in March 1996.
2April-December only.
3Excludes transfer of 5,335 dwellings to a housing action trust in October 1993.
4April-June only.
5Excludes transfer of 3,320 dwellings to a housing action trust in February 1994.
Source:
Sales/value—Quarterly P1B and annual HIP2 returns from local authorities stock—Annual HIP1 returns from local authorities.