§ Mr. DrewTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many local authorities have completed large-scale voluntary transfers of their housing stocks; and if he will list(a) those authorities and (b) those other authorities which have now expressed an interest in this process. [24818]
§ Mr. RaynsfordSixty-one local authorities in England have completed sixty-five transfers comprising over316W 252,000 properties since 1988. All but one of those transfers was to a Registered Social Landlord. A list of the authorities who have completed a full or partial stock transfer is at table A. Thirty-two authorities have either expressed an interest in transferring all or part of their stock or are in the process of completing a transfer. They are listed at table B.
Table A
- Chiltern DC
- Sevenoaks DC
- Newbury DC
- Swale BC
- Broadland DC
- Bedford BC
- Medina DC (now part of Isle of Wight Unitary Authority)
- Rochester upon Medway CC
- South Wight (now part of Isle of Wight Unitary Authority)
- Mid Sussex DC
- East Dorset DC
- Tonbridge and Mailing BC
- Ryedale DC
- South Bucks DC
- Christchurch BC
- Suffolk Coastal DC
- Tunbridge Wells BC
- London Borough of Bromley
- London Borough of Lambeth1
- Surrey Heath BC
- Breckland DC
- East Cambridgeshire DC
- Hambleton DC
- West Dorset DC
- Havant BC
- Epsom and Ewell BC
- Hart DC
- South Shropshire DC
- Leominster DC
- South Ribble BC
- Hertsmere BC
- Penwith DC
- North Dorset DC
- Wychavon DC
- Mid Bedfordshire DC
- Thanet DC
- Vale of White Horse DC
- Cherwell DC
- Basingstoke and Deane BC
- Malvern Hills DC
- Maldon DC
- Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
- Kennet DC
- Rushmoor BC
- North Wiltshire DC
- Spelthorne BC
- East Hampshire DC
- Hastings BC
- Eastleigh BC
317 - Wyre BC
- Walsall MBC
- Manchester CC1
- Stratford DC
- West Wiltshire DC
- Cotswold DC
- South Staffordshire DC
- Lichfield DC
- South Oxfordshire DC
- Eden DC.
- 1Denotes partial transfer.
Table B
- Allerdale BC
- Bath and North-East Somerset Unitary Authority
- Basildon DC
- Bradford CC
- London Borough Brent
- London Borough Bexley
- Congleton BC
- Coventry CC
- East Lindsey BC
- London Borough Hackney
- London Borough Hammersmith and Fulham
- Hyndburn BC
- Kerrier DC
- London Borough Lambeth
- Manchester CC
- London Borough Merton
- Oldham MBC
- Rother DC
- Sheffield CC
- St. Helens BC
- Stoke on Trent CC
- South Hams DC
- South Somerset DC
- Tameside MBC
- Tewkesbury BC
- London Borough Tower Hamlets
- West Devon BC
- West Somerset DC
- Winchester CC
- Wokingham DC
- Worthing BC
- Wrekin DC.