§ Mr. WrayTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many council houses have been transferred to RSLs and other private bodies since 1997. [57271]
§ Ms KeebleIn the five years since January 1997, it is estimated that approximately 365,000 council houses in England have been transferred to RSLs and other private bodies.
§ Mr. WrayTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many council houses have been(a) built and (b) sold in each local authority since 1997. [57270]
§ Ms KeebleThe number of council dwellings built has been falling for many years. Of the 354 local authorities, only 48 reported completing any council dwellings since April 1997. These are given in the following table. These figures are based on monthly numbers reported by local authorities and have not been adjusted for incomplete returns. Figures for the number of dwellings completed each year are published in the Department's Local Housing Statistics.
116WTables showing reported information on council houses sold by each local authority in England, along with national and regional summaries, for each year since 1979–80 are available in the Library.
New council dwellings built between April 1997 and March 2002 Local authority Council dwellings built Ashford 9 Bedford 8 Bristol 17 Broadland 6 Bromsgrove 21 Canterbury 11 Cotswold 54 Derwentside 6 Derby 1 Durham 3 Eastbourne 8 East Hampshire 26 East Hertfordshire 4 East Lindsey 1 Eden 1 Erewash 12 Hackney 34 Hertsmere 1 Hillingdon 37 Islington 5 Kennet 11 Leeds 17 Leicester 130 Litchfield 21 Mansfield 10 Milton Keynes 7 Mole Valley 12 North Hertfordshire 1 Nottingham 15 Reigate and Banstead 2 Rotherham 4 Rushcliffe 17 Sandwell 33 Selby 3 Sevenoaks 1 Shepway 2 South Bucks 29 South Cambridgeshire 55 South Hams 24 South Kesteven 8 South Northamptonshire 1 South Tyneside 11 Stroud 46 Teignbridge 4 Waltham Forrest 282 Waveney 1 West Oxfordshire 3 Worcester 27