Social Housing

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To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many social housing units were disposed of, by financial year, by Telford Development Corporation and its successor bodies from 1979 onwards. [114141]

Numbers of sales of dwellings belonging to Telford Development Corporation and its successor bodies is presented in the following table:

Sales of dwellings by Telford Development Corporation and its successor bodies since 1980–81: Sales by Telford Development Corporation
Financial Year	All sales	of which: Right to Buy¹
Sales by Telford Development Corporation:
1980–81	404	Nil
1981–82	402	Nil
1982–83	588	Nil
1983–84	443	Nil
1984–85	257	Nil
1985–86	225	Nil
1986–87	386	Nil
1987–88	542	Nil
1988–89	1,278	Nil
1989–90	1,483	Nil
1990–91	343	Nil
1991–92²	622	Nil
1992–93	16	16
1993–94	2	2
Sales by The Wrekin District Council (post transfer of stock from Development Corporation on 30 September 1991)
1991–92³	n/a	n/a
1992–93	n/a	n/a
1993–94	n/a	n/a
1994–95	166	157
1995–96	149	149
1996–97	177	177
1997–98	59	59
Sales by Telford and Wrekin Unitary Authority (created 1 April 1998)
1998–99	n/a	n/a
¹ While Telford Development Corporation reported few Right to Buy sales, there were significant other sales to sitting tenants recorded by the Corporation
² On 30 September 1991, Telford Development Corporation transferred some 3,925 dwellings to The Wrekin District Council and 374 dwellings to two housing associations. On 20 December 1991, Telford Development Corporation transferred 113 dwellings to a housing association
³ October 1991 to March 1992 only
⁴ On 25 March 1999 Telford and Wrekin Unitary Authority transferred its entire stock of some 13,045 dwellings to Wrekin Housing Trust Limited

Volume 405: debated on Thursday 22 May 2003