HC Deb 15 October 1996 vol 282 c842W
Mr. Peter Atkinson

To ask the Secretary of state for the Environment how many tenants have exercised the right to buy in the last 12 months. [38366]

Mr. Curry

In the year to March 1996, there were more than 31,500 right-to-buy sales by local authorities and new towns in England. Right to buy and other home ownership schemes are still producing about 180 new home owners a day in Britain.