HC Deb 07 November 2001 vol 374 cc291-2W
Mr. Cash

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many council houses for rent were held on 21 April 1991 in(a) Cannock Chase, (b) East Staffordshire, (c) Lichfield, (d) Newcastle Under Lyme, (e) South Staffordshire, (f) Stafford, (g) Staffordshire Moorlands, (h) Stoke on Trent and (i) Tamworth; and what the current equivalent figures are. [12567]

Ms Keeble

Council houses for rent held on 21 April 1991 and the current equivalent figures.

Council houses for rent
1 April 1991 1 April 2001
(a) Cannock Chase 7,743 6,675
(b) East Staffordshire 6,226 0
(c) Lichfield 5,686 0
(d) Newcastle under Lyme 10,621 0
(e) South Staffordshire 5,732 0
(f) Stafford 7,441 6,361
(g) Staffordshire Moorlands 3,674 0
(h) Stoke on Trent 25,412 22,329
(i) Tamworth 6,399 5,522

Mr. Cash

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many council houses for rent for each of(a) Cannock Chase, (b) East Staffordshire, (c) Lichfield, (d) Newcastle under Lyme, (e) South Staffordshire, (f) Stafford, (g) Staffordshire Moorlands, (h) Stoke on Trent and (i) Tamworth local authorities were transferred by a large scale voluntary transfer in each authority between 1 May 1997 and 31 August 2001. [12443]

Ms Keeble

Council houses for rent transferred by a large scale voluntary transfer in each of the following authorities between 1 May 1997 and 31 August 2001:

Transferred
(a) Cannock Chase 0
(b) East Staffordshire 5.637
(c) Lichfield 0
(d) Newcastle under Lyme 9,887
(e) South Staffordshire 0
(f) Stafford 0
(g) Staffordshire Moorlands 3,132
(h) Stoke on Trent 1917
1 Partial transfer only