§ Ms Oona KingTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his answer of 20 March 2002,Official Report,column 359W, on ex-local authority properties, what estimate he has made of the proportion of ex-local authorities sold under the right to buy scheme in London in which the leaseholder is the tenant who originally purchased the lease under that scheme. [48637]
§ Ms KeebleWe estimate that about 120,000 flats in London have been sold under the right to buy scheme since its introduction. Based on information derived from the Survey of English Housing, we estimate that around 50 per cent. of those householders who, as tenants, had originally purchased the lease under that scheme, had continued to be in occupation at the time of the survey in 2000–01.
§ Ms Oona KingTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his answer of 20 March 2002,Official Report,column 359W, on ex-local authority properties, what plans he has to encourage local authorities actively to promote the buy back scheme to those holding the leasehold interest in ex-local authority properties previously sold under the right to buy. [48636]
§ Ms KeebleWe have no plans to do this. Councils have discretion to decide whom to help, in the light of local circumstances. They are best placed to judge who is in greatest need and how they should use their resources to help.