To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many assured tenancies of (a) newly built and (b) newly improved properties have been created in each of the years since 1981 in England.
The information is not available in the form requested. The number of assured tenancy lettings of newly built property on 1 April each year since 1983 was:
| Number | |
| 1983 | 44 |
| 1984 | 224 |
| 1985 | 405 |
| 1986 | 609 |
| 1987 | 2,993 |
| Total value of discounts on sales by English local authorities (£ million) | |||||||
| 1980–81 | 1981–82 | 1982–83 | 1983–84 | 1984–85 | 1985–86 | 1986–87 | |
| DOE Regions | |||||||
| Northern excluding Cumbria | 11·5 | 178·4 | 101·1 | 52·9 | 33·3 | 33·1 | 35·8 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | 18·8 | 64·7 | 121·1 | 57·7 | 46·2 | 50·3 | 57·9 |
| East Midlands | 24·1 | 85·4 | 118·9 | 63·4 | 48·6 | 54·5 | 68·0 |
| Eastern | 70·0 | 134·3 | 170·1 | 146·6 | 155·1 | 156·5 | 194·4 |
| Greater London | 90·1 | 126·7 | 197·5 | 156·2 | 192·7 | 220·6 | 261·6 |
| South East | 93·7 | 150·1 | 170·8 | 183·5 | 182·9 | 179·7 | 218·1 |
English local authority housing revenue account dwellings in total and on a per dwelling basis for the years 1978–79 to 1987–88.
Housing Subsidy up to 1980–81 was paid under a different system. Information for the years 1981–82 to 1987–88 inclusive, has already been given in answer to the hon. Member's question on 10 June, column 736. My hon. Friend, the Minister for Housing and Planning, wrote to him on 20 June to correct two computer-produced errors in that answer. The corrected information is reproduced below.The assured tenancy scheme was extended in January 1987 to include newly refurbished property. By 1 April 1987, five refurbished dwellings had been let under assured tenancies. A survey to establish the number of assured tenancies at 1 April 1988 is currently taking place.