§ Mr. Peter BradleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1) if he will list the council housing stock voluntary transfers which(a) have taken place since 1997 and (b) are proposed by local authority, indicating the number of housing units involved in each case; [148261]
(2) how many voluntary transfers of council housing stock have taken place since 1997; and how many more are proposed; [148259]
(3) how many housing units on average were involved in each voluntary transfer of council stock since 1997. [148260]
Mr. Robert AinsworthThere have been 75 large scale voluntary transfers of council housing stock since 1997 involving 259,659 dwellings; an average of 3,462 dwellings per transfer. A further 14 are pending involving 124,633 dwellings. The tables show transfers which(a) have taken place since 1997 and (b) are proposed indicating the number of dwellings involved in each case.
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All housing stock voluntary transfers which have taken place since 1997 Local authority Number of dwellings Cotswold DC 4,282 South Staffs C 5,273 Lichfield DC 4,921 South Oxfordshire DC 5,018 Eden C 1,510 LB Lambeth—Moorlands 515 LB Bexley 4,118 LB Bexley 4,097 Congleton BC 4,061 Oldham BC—Limehurst 642 Liverpool CC—Windermere 493 LB Merton—Pollards Hill 1,018 LB Tower Hamlets—Poplar I 1,852 Kerrier DC 3,732 LB Hackney—Kingsmead 951 LB Brent—Fortunegate/Church End 1,481 Basildon DC—Vange 708 West Somerset DC 1,869 Stoke-on-Trent CC—Bentilee 917 Tewkesbury BC 3,066 Rother DC 3,058 LB Lambeth—Lansdowne Green 681 LB Tower Hamlets—Poplar II 2,431 Wirral—Leasowe 1,082 Tameside—West Ashton 901 West Devon BC 1,446 South Somerset DC 8,883 East Lindsey DC 5,102 Liverpool CC—Pinehurst 646 Manchester CC 1,030 LB Hackney—Morningside 1,084 South Hams DC 3,096 LB Hammersmith and Fulham—Old Oak 668 LB Hackney—Upper Clapton 1,000 Telford and Wrekin C 13,081 LB Enfield 1,194 Worthing BC 2,525 Bath and North East Somerset C 9,887 Manchester CC—East Wythenshawe 6,667 LB Greenwich—Charlton Triangle 1,280 LB Hackney—Haggerston 661 Allerdale BC 3,704 Allerdale BC—Salterbeck 727 Preston BC—Avenham 1,121 LB Lambeth—Central Stockwell 2,358 Birmingham CC—Central areas 2,813 LB Islington—Barnsbury 647 LB Islington—10 estates 739 Liverpool CC—Speke Garston 4,382 West Lindsey DC 3,929 LB Lambeth—St. Martins 1,033 Boston BC 4,871 Tynedale DC 3,564 Newcastle Under Lyme BC 9,887 Restormel BC 3,577 Manchester CC—Colshaw Farm 600 North Devon DC 3,293 LB Hackney—Stamford Hill 1,095 LB Hackney—Pembury Estate 1,241 Burnley 5,330 Manchester CC—Sale Estate 1,655 Weymouth and Portland 3,105 Huntingdon 6,650 Elmbridge 4,894 Test Valley 5,495 Wyre Forest DC 6,056 Manchester CC—Whitefield Estate 1,033 LB Tower Hamlets—THCH 1,551 Tameside 8,532 MBC 7,934 Richmond 7,139 Coventry 20,125
All housing stock voluntary transfers which have taken place since 1997 Local authority Number of dwellings Fylde 1,905 Chester 7,096 Horsham 4,650 Number of authorities 259,659 Average 3,462
Proposed voluntary transfers of council housing stock Local authority Number of dwellings East Northants 3,540 Blackburn and Darwen 10,218 Manchester CC—Knutsford estates 464 Manchester CC—Handforth estates 664 Chichester 5,510 West Oxfordshire 3,884 Mendip 4,544 Torbay 2,975 West Wiltshire 3,965 Staff Moorlands 3,247 East Staffordshire 5,859 Walsall 28,195 Calderdale MBC 13,066 Sunderland 38,502 Total 124,633 Average 8,902