HC Deb 05 March 2003 vol 400 cc1000-1W
Mr. Hepburn

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many council houses have been sold in each year since 1997 in(a) the Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) Tyne and Wear and (d) the UK. [99928]

Mr. McNulty

Information is not available below local authority level. The available information reported by South Tyneside MBC and the other metropolitan borough councils comprising Tyne and Wear is in the following table, together with estimated number of sales in Great Britain. Information on the

Sales of council dwellings in south Tyneside, Tyne and Wear and Great Britain: 1997–98 to 2001–02
All sales 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02
South Tyneside 283 209 355 1— 1—
Gateshead 326 283 452 445 510
Newcastle upon Tyne 267 207 316 266(3) 569
North Tyneside 202 209 345 338 396
Sunderland 642 546 713 237,534 0(3)
Tyne and Wear 1,720 1,454 2,181 N/a N/a
Great Britain
Total sales 95,764 133,118 168,773 202,365 106,320
Of which to owner occupiers 59,513 56,298 71,965 69,779 69,061
1 Not reported
2 Includes 36,356 dwellings transferred by Sunderland City Council to Sunderland Housing Group in March 2002

Note:

Where there has not been full reporting, the figures in brackets indicate the number of quarters for which complete information is available within the financial year.

Source:

DOE/DETR/DTLR/ODPM quarterly P1B return