HC Deb 14 January 2002 vol 378 c14W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (1) what amount of asset sales have been realised(a) by each local authority and (b) in total by local authorities in each of the last three years; [26143]

(2) what the total value was of the sale of local authority assets in each of the last four years; and if he will provide a detailed breakdown. [26147]

Dr. Whitehead

The total value of the sale of local authority fixed assets in England in each of the last four years is as follows:

Sale of fixed assets
£ million
1997–98 2,135
1998–99 2,350
1999–2000 3,227
2000–01 3,107

Source:

Capital Outturn Return (COR2) for 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, Capital Payments and Receipts (CPR4) for 2000–01

I am placing in the Libraries of the House the corresponding figures for individual local authorities in England for each of the relevant four years.

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