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Council Housing: Property Transfer

Volume 468: debated on Monday 26 November 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many applications for gap funding have been received in the latest round of housing stock transfers, broken down by local authority area. (164915)

As my right hon. Friend the Minister for Housing and Planning mentioned in her answer to a question from my hon. Friend on 18 December 2006, Official Report, column 1646W, 22 applications for places on the 2006 Housing Transfer programme were received from 14 local authorities in respect of housing stock which have a negative valuation. The list of authorities is given in the following table.

2006 Disposals programme

Local authority

Brighton and Hove city council

Whole

Castle Morpeth

Whole

Chester-le-Street

Whole

London borough of Havering—Mardyke

Partial

Manchester-East Area

Partial

Manchester-Inner South

Partial

Manchester-South

Partial

North West Leicestershire

Whole

Plymouth

Whole

Ribble Valley

Whole

Salford

Whole

Sheffield—Harold Lambert and Manor Park

Partial

Sheffield—Richmond Park

Partial

Sheffield—Woodthorpe and Lower Manor

Partial

Sheffield—Wybourn

Partial

Tamworth

Whole

Torridge

Whole

Tower Hamlets—Chicksand East

Partial

Tower Hamlets—Digby and Greenways

Partial

Tower Hamlets—Libra Parnell

Partial

Tower Hamlets—St. Stephens Estate

Partial

Wansbeck

Whole