§ Bob RussellTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many council dwellings were sold in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. [91142]
§ Mr. McNultyInformation on total numbers of sales and transfers of local authority and New Town dwellings in England since 1992–93 is in the table.
All owner/occupier sales (including right to buy) Transfers to registered social landlords/other 1992–93 42,289 27,289 1993–94 50,510 33,643 1994–95 46,236 41,120 1995–96 33,165 45,900 1996–97 35,206 22,534 1997–98 42,078 35,701 1998–99 41,087 76,543 1999–2000 54,957 96,755 2000–01 53,005 132,462 2001–021 52,459 35,687 1Provisional Source:
DOE/DETR/DTLR/ODPM Housing Activity return P1B/New Town returns
§ Bob RussellTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many council dwellings were built in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. [91145]
§ Mr. McNultyThe numbers of local authority dwellings built in England in each of the last 10 years is in the following table. The numbers have declined as social housing has increasingly been delivered by Registered Social Landlords.
Year Number of local authority dwellings built 1992–93 2,579 1993–94 1,451 1994–95 853 1995–96 757 1996–97 451 1997–98 323 1998–99 194 1999–2000 102 2000–01 389 2001–02 105