§ Ms Oona KingTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister when he expects to publish the review of the system for valuing properties for Right to Buy purposes undertaken by the College of Estate Management. [139250]
§ Keith HillThe Office of the Deputy Prime Minister expects to publish the report of this review in January 2004.
§ Ms Oona KingTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister pursuant to his response to the report of the Select Committee on the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister on the draft Housing Bill, what assessment he has made of extending the Right to Buy discount repayment period to more than five years. [139251]
§ Keith HillI refer my hon. Friend to my reply to the answer given on 30 June 2003,Official Report, column 116–17W. The Government are committed to the principle of the Right to Buy scheme, and do not wish to penalise tenants disproportionately.
§ Ms Oona KingTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list the reports his Department and its predecessors have commissioned since 1979 on valuations for properties bought under the Right to Buy. [139252]
§ Keith HillIn March 2002, the former Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions commissioned the College of Estate Management to review the system for valuing properties for Right to Buy purposes. It is expected that the review report will be published in January 2004. No other reports have been commissioned on this topic since 1979.
§ Mr. PicklesTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many right to buy applications there were each month since June 1997, broken down by(a) local authority area and (b) region. [138128]
§ Keith HillThe number of right to buy applications in each region are tabled as follows. These are only available on a quarterly basis. Information by local814W authority is not readily available. Tables providing right to buy sales figures as reported by local authorities are available in the Library of the House.
North east
North west
Yorkshire and Humber
East Midlands
1997 Q2 2,141 2,901 3,025 2,411 Q3 1,424 2,596 2,198 1,553 Q4 1,075 1,560 1,481 1,277 1998 Q1 1,617 2,137 2,111 1,929 Q2 1,506 2,096 2,255 1,694 Q3 1,429 2,305 2,003 1,837 Q4 1,276 2,161 2,563 1,550 1999 Q1 3,121 3,691 4,108 3,175 Q2 2,056 2,627 2,729 2,008 Q3 1,974 2,804 2,693 2,327 Q4 1,551 1,949 1,714 1,712 2000 Q1 2,333 2,928 3,023 2,330 Q2 2,114 2,922 3,122 2,158 Q3 1,811 2,733 3,208 2,213 Q4 1,478 2,089 2,072 1,625 2001 Q1 2,373 3,250 3,837 2,628 Q2 1,784 3,056 3,996 2,493 Q3 1,592 3,435 3,876 2,603 Q4 1,584 2,542 3,189 2,011 2002 Q1 2,852 3,895 4,726 3,043 Q2 2,994 4,520 5,479 3,556 Q3 3,631 5,089 6,492 3,695 Q4 3,031 4,789 5,601 3,457 2003 Q1 4,189 6,278 9,251 4,686 815W
West Midlands
East London South east
South West
1997 Q2 3,511 3,208 5,057 2,837 2,408 Q3 2,602 1,971 4,160 2,096 1,655 Q4 2,082 1,440 3,520 1,361 1,137 1998 Q1 2,637 2,131 4,082 1,955 1,643 Q2 2,695 2,019 4,180 2,032 1,575 Q3 2,800 2,189 4,501 2,142 1,410 Q4 2,404 1,978 5,562 1,933 1,575 1999 Q1 5,206 4,932 11,737 4,074 3,016 Q2 3,016 2,556 5,007 2,483 1,671 Q3 3,138 2,813 5,515 2,495 1,686 Q4 2,509 1,858 4,447 2,122 1,214 2000 Q1 3,478 3,218 5,803 2,509 1,786 Q2 3,238 2,535 6,434 2,055 1,714 Q3 2,964 2,345 5,290 1,986 1,484 Q4 2,496 1,727 4,460 1,371 967
West Midlands East London South east South west 2001 Q1 3,420 2,772 5,983 2,204 1,583 Q2 3,285 3,049 6,329 2,246 1,584 Q3 3,124 2,761 6,120 2,115 1,372 Q4 3,494 2,019 4,809 1,487 1,207 2002 Q1 5,127 3,066 7,875 2,522 1,693 Q2 4,516 3,083 7,565 2,532 1,785 Q3 5,086 3,715 11,422 3,184 2,170 Q4 4,786 2,711 9,090 2,742 1,558 2003 Q1 6,633 4,404 29,559 3,774 2,178