Information on the number of local authority right to buy sales in England is shown in the following table. The table shows the number of sales, the number of sales per 1,000 population, and the number of sales per 1,000 households, in urban and rural areas.
1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 Number of local authority right to buy sales Predominantly urban 28,510 28,850 39,000 39,550 39,520 48,800 55,630 40,990 21,460 13,620 9,950 Significant rural 4,480 4,170 5,680 5,130 5,160 5,980 5,430 3,720 2,000 1,240 840 Predominantly rural 8,350 7,250 9,580 7,710 7,290 8,620 8,510 5,270 3,200 2,040 1,170 Total 41,330 40,270 54,250 52,380 51,970 63,390 69,580 49,980 26,650 16,900 11,960 Number of local authority right to buy sales per 1,000 population Predominantly urban 0.92 0.93 1.26 1.27 1.25 1.55 1.76 1.29 0.67 0.42 0.31 Significant rural 0.70 0.65 0.89 0.80 0.80 0.92 0.83 0.57 0.30 0.19 0.12 Predominantly rural 0.74 0.64 0.84 0.67 0.63 0.74 0.73 0.45 0.27 0.17 0.10 Total 0.85 0.83 1.11 1.07 1.05 1.28 1.40 1.00 0.53 0.33 0.23 Number of local authority right to buy sales per 1,000 households Predominantly urban 2.26 2.28 3.06 3.08 3.03 3.70 4.19 3.07 1.59 1.00 0.72 Significant rural 1.73 1.60 2.17 1.94 1.94 2.22 2.00 1.36 0.72 0.44 0.29 Predominantly rural 1.81 1.56 2.04 1.62 1.52 1.78 1.73 1.06 0.63 0.40 0.23 Total 2.09 2.02 2.71 2.59 2.53 3.06 3.33 2.37 1.25 0.79 0.55