HC Deb 02 December 2002 vol 395 cc630-3W
Mr. Pickles

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many Council households have been transferred under stock transfer in each local authority area, in each year since 1997 [83406]

Mr. McNulty

The table lists those local authorities that have undertaken large-scale voluntary transfers since 1997 and the number of Council households in each transfer.

List of all large scale voluntary transfers which have taken place since 1997
Date of transfer Authority Number of households Annual total
9 February 1998 LB Bexley 4,097
2 March 1998 Congleton BC 4,061
9 March 1998 Oldham BC1 Limehurst 642
19 March 1998 Liverpool CC1 Windermere 493
23 March 1998 LB Merton1 Pollards Hill 1,018
23 March 1998 LB Tower Hamlets1 Poplar II 1,852
23 March 1998 Kerrier DC 3,732
30 March 1998 LB Hackney1 Kingsmead 951
30 March 1998 LB Brent1 Fortunegate/Church End 1,481
30 March 1998 Basildon DC1 Vange 708
30 March 1998 West Somerset DC 1,869
31 March 1998 Stoke-on-Trent CC1 Bentilee 917
27 April 1998 Tewkesbury BC 3,066
1 May 1998 Rother DC 3,058
20 July 1998 LB Lambeth1 Lansdowne Green 681
7 December 1998 LB Tower Hamlets1 Poplar II 2,431
25 January 1999 Wirral1 Leasowe 1,082 35,690
1 February 1999 Tameside1 Westashton 901
22 February 1999 West Devon BC 1,446
1 March 1999 South Somerset DC 8,883
1 March 1999 East Lindsey DC 5,102
5 March 1999 Liverpool CC Pinehurst 646
8 March 1999 Manchester CC 1,030
15 March 1999 LB Hackney1 Morningside 1,084
22 March 1999 South Hams District Council 3,096
17 March 1999 LB Hammersmith and Fulham1 Old Oak 668
22 March 1999 LB Hackney1 Upper Clapton 1,000
25 March 1999 Telford and Wrekin C 13,081
29 March 1999 LB Enfield 1,194
29 March 1999 Worthing BC 2,525
29 March 1999 Bath and North East Somerset C 9,887
29 March 1999 Manchester CC East Wythenshawe 6,667
29 March 1999 LB Greenwich 1 Charlton Triangle 1,280
29 March 1999 LB Hackney1 Haggerston 661
31 March 1999 Allerdale BC 3,704
31 March 1999 Allerdale BC Saiterbeck 727
14 June 1999 Preston BC1 Avenham 1,121
5 July 1999 LB Lambeth1 Central Stockwell 2,358
21 June 1999 Birmingham CC Central Areas 2,813
26 September 1999 LB Islington1 Barnsbury 647
26 September 1999 LB Islington' 10 Estates 739
4 October 1999 Liverpool CC Speke Garston 4,382
18 October 1999 West Lindsey DC 3,929
25 October 1999 LB Lambeth1 St. Martins 1,033
29 November 1999 Boston BC 4,871
20 December 1999 Tynedale DC 3,564 89,039
31 January 2000 Newcastle under Lyme BC 9,887
7 February 2000 Restormel BC 3,577
14 February 2000 Manchester CC (Colshaw Farm) 600
21 February 2000 North Devon DC 3,293
6 March 2000 LB Hackney1 Stamford Hill 1,095
6 March 2000 LB Hackney1 Pembury Estate 1,241
8 March 2000 Burnley BC 5,330
20 March 2000 Manchester CC Sale Estate 1,655
20 March 2000 Weymouth and Portland C 3,105
20 March 2000 Huntingdon DC 6,650
27 March 2000 Elmbridge BC 4,894
27 March 2000 Test Valley BC 5,495
27 March 2000 Wyre Forest DC 6,056
27 March 2000 Manchester CC Whitefield Estate 1,033
27 March 2000 LB Tower Hamlets1 THCH 1,551
27 March 2000 Tameside 8,532
MBC 7,934
17 July 2000 LB Richmond 7,139
22 September 2000 Coventry CC 20,125
2 October 2000 Fylde BC 1,905
27 November 2000 Chester CC 7,096
11 December 2000 Horsham DC 4,650 112,843
12 February 2001 LB Tower Hamlets 196
19 February 2001 East Northamptonshire DC 3,495
19 February 2001 Torbay C 2,947
23 February 2001 Staffordshire Moorlands DC 3,132

List of all large scale voluntary transfers which have taken place since 1997
Date of transfer Authority Number of households Annual total
6 March 2001 Calderdale MBC 12,759
13 March 2001 Chichester DC 5,321
19 March 2001 Mendip DC 4,326
26 March 2001 West Wiltshire DC 3,284
26 March 2001 West Oxfordshire DC 3,643
26 March 2001 East Staffordshire BC 5,637
26 March 2001 Manchester CC Handforth Estate 659
26 March 2001 Sunderland CC 36,356
28 March 2001 Blackburn with Darwen BC 9,886
1 October 2001 Shrewsbury and Atcham BC 5,500
5 November 2001 Mid-Bedfordshire DC 3,084 100,225
4 March 2002 Derbyshire Dales 3,287
11 March 2002 Chelmsford BC 6,902
18 March 2002 East Hertfordshire 2,687
DC 3,237
25 March 2002 Erewash BC 5,847
25 March 2002 Reigate and Banstead BC 4,846
24 June 2002 St. Edmundsbury 5,947
1 July 2002 Vale Royal BC 6,813
1 July 2002 St. Helens MBC 14,632
15 July 2002 Redcar and Cleveland BC 11,625
15 July 2002 Knowsley MBC 17,090
30 September 2002 LB Waltham Forest 2,574
14 October 2002 LB Hackney CC Sheltered Stock 954
14 October 2002 LB Harrow 518 86,959
Total number of dwellings that have been transferred since 1997 445,760
1 Indicated the transfer was an Estates Renewal Challenge Fund scheme

Note:

We have interpreted Mr. Pickles' question to mean Large Scale Voluntary Transfers. These are transfers by a single local authority of 500 or more households to a single landlord within any five-year period.