To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many units of social housing were sold to the private market in (a) England and (b) Cornwall in the last 12 months. (152105)

[holding answer 24 July 2007]: The numbers of council homes sold through the right to buy scheme in 2005-06 by local authority area can be viewed on the Communities and Local Government website at:

http://www.communities.gov.uk/pub/383/Table648_id1156383.xls

Figures for 2006/07 are not yet available.

Sales of homes owned by registered social landlords are monitored by the Housing Corporation through the continuous recording (CORE) system. Sales by local authority area can be viewed on the CORE web site at:

http://www.core.ac.uk/core/hala-annual-reports.html#geosales.