asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many right-to-buy applications remain outstanding in each London borough and the Greater London council at the most recent convenient date.
Local authorities' returns give the number of admitted right-to-buy claims being dealt with at the end of each quarter. This figure excludes admitted claims which have subsequently been withdrawn or deferred, as well as those where the sale has been completed. The authorities concerned reported the following numbers of admitted claims being dealt with at 30 September 1982.
Local authority
| Number of admitted claims in progress
|
| Greater London Council | 1,571 |
| City of London | 350 |
| Barking and Dagenham | 1,991 |
| Barnet | 1,564 |
| Bexley | 0 |
| Brent | *1,024 |
| Bromley | † |
| Camden | 1,024 |
| Croydon | 801 |
| Ealing | 731 |
| Enfield | 851 |
| Greenwich | 1,131 |
| Hackney | † |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 428 |
| Haringey | 579 |
| Harrow | 318 |
| Havering | 641 |
| Hillingdon | 1,523 |
| Hounslow | 1,807 |
| Islington | 1,131 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 176 |
| Kingston upon Thames | 291 |
| Lambeth | † |
| Lewisham | 1,310 |
| Merton | 290 |
| Newham | 1,385 |
| Redbridge | 0 |
| Richmond upon Thames | 653 |
| Southwark | 1,306 |
| Sutton | 559 |
| Tower Hamlets | 573 |
| Waltham Forest | 542 |
| Wandsworth | 1,297 |
| Westminster | 626 |
* at 30 June 1982. | |
| † =not available—no return received or figure missing from return. | |