HC Deb 10 November 1998 vol 319 c112W
Dr. Cable

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many beneficiaries of the Do-It-Yourself Shared Ownership Scheme there were(a) in total and (b) newly approved in the last full year for which data are available for (i) the UK, (ii) London and (iii) the London Borough of Richmond. [58589]

Mr. Raynsford

My Department is responsible for housing matters in England and the following figures therefore refer to England rather than the UK as a whole.

  1. (a) between its start in 1991–92 and 1997–98, the Do-It-Yourself Shared Ownership Scheme has assisted a total of 23,306 households in England; of which 5,659 were in London and 72 in the London Borough of Richmond.
  2. (b) in 1997–98, a total of 2,238 households were assisted in England; of which 619 were in London and 10 in the London Borough of Richmond.