(2) how many homes from local authority housing stock were disposed of in each year since 1997.
Information on the amount of local authority owned housing stock is collected from local authorities on the Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix (HSSA) return. This information is published on the Communities and Local Government website in Table 116:
http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/housing/xls/140882.xls
The annual net changes in local authority housing stocks in each year since 1 April 1997 are shown in the following table.
Net change 1997-98 -91,000 1998-99 -132,000 1999-2000 -166,000 2000-01 -200,000 2001-02 -106,000 2002-03 -249,000 2003-04 -122,000 2004-05 -169,000 2005-06 -78,000 2006-07 -100,000 2007-08 -117,000 Notes: 1. Net change is measured between the figure for housing stock at 1 April each year. 2. Figures are rounded to the nearest thousand. Source: Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix (HSSA)
Information on disposals of local authority stock can be estimated from information on Right to Buy, other local authority sales, large-scale voluntary transfers and small scale transfers to registered social landlords, and demolitions.
Information on all sales of local authority stock (including large-scale voluntary transfers and small scale transfers to registered social landlords, Right to Buy sales and other local authority sales) is collected from local authorities on the Quarterly Housing Monitoring (P1B) return. This information is published on the Communities and Local Government website in Table 674:
http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/housing/xls/table-674.xls
Information on local authority demolitions is reported by local authorities, for the financial year, on the Business Plan Statistical Appendix (BPSA) return.
Disposals of local authority housing stocks in each financial year since 1997-98 are shown in the following table.
Right to Buy sales1 Other sales1 Transfers to registered social landlords1 Demolitions1 1997-98 41,330 750 35,700 8,810 1998-99 40,270 820 76,540 8,720 1999-00 54,250 710 96,760 10,020 2000-01 52,380 630 132,460 13,870 2001-02 51,970 490 35,690 14,500 2002-03 63,390 760 165,980 11,050 2003-04 69,580 410 39,220 8,490 2004-05 49,980 390 101,580 8,450 2005-06 26,660 290 48,440 6,250 2006-07 16,900 500 78,790 4,650 2007-08 11,960 300 94,220 5,100 Notes: 1. Figures are rounded to the nearest hundred. 2. Demolition data between 1997-98 and 1999-2000 were collected via the Housing Investment Programme Annual Plan (HIPAP). Between 2001-02 and 2007-08 data were collected via the BPSA. Data from the HIPAP may not be as reliable as data from the BPSA. Sources: 1. Quarterly Housing Monitoring (PI B) for information on Right to Buy, Other sales and Transfers to Registered Social Landlords. 2. Business Ran Statistical Appendix (BPSA) for information on demolitions.
Net changes in stock (table 1) may not be wholly consistent with the sum of stock disposals (table 2) due to different data sources and collection methods, and because net changes to stock also include additions.