§ Lord Selkirk of Douglasasked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Sewel on 11 February (WA 51–53), whether they will publish the number of houses sold (a) in England, and (b) in Scotland to sitting tenants annually from 1979 to date as a percentage of the total number of houses in the public sector. [HL1131]
§ Lord Macdonald of TradestonThe information requested is set out in the table below.
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Sales of public authority dwellings in England and Scotland: 1979 to 31 March 1998 England Scotland Year Sales to sitting tenants1 Cumulative sales Sales to sitting tenants as a percentage of stock at March 1979 Sales to sitting tenants2 Cumulative sales Sales to sitting tenants as a percentage of stock at September 1978 1988 139,677 898,486 17.5% 31,591 145,595 14.1% 1989 149,130 1,047,616 20.4% 38,943 184,538 17.9% 1990 96,572 1,144,188 22.3% 32,968 217,506 21.1% 1991 52,860 1,197,048 23.4% 23,007 240,513 23.3% 1992 42,288 1,239,336 24.2% 24,032 264,545 25.7% 1993 42,607 1,281,943 25.0% 20,062 284,607 27.6% 1994 46,163 1,328,106 25.9% 21,290 305,897 29.7% 1995 34,094 1,362,200 26.6% 16,965 322,862 31.3% 1996 31,797 1,393,997 27.2% 13,120 335,982 32.6% 1997 39,292 1,433,289 28.0% 16,515 352,497 34.2% 1998 Q1 10,079 1,443,368 28.2% 4,146 356,643 34.6% Notes:
1Includes Right to Buy and Voluntary sales.
2 Includes Right to Buy, Voluntary and Rent to Mortgage sales.
Source of English figures
Housing and Construction Statistics 1979 to 1989 and 1987 to 1998.