Council Housing: Property Transfer

Mr. Austin Mitchell
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.

Mr. Iain Wright
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.

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|Local authority                        |       |
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|Brighton and Hove city council         |Whole  |
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|Castle Morpeth                         |Whole  |
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|Chester-le-Street                      |Whole  |
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|London borough of Havering—Mardyke     |Partial|
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|Manchester-East Area                   |Partial|
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|Manchester-Inner South                 |Partial|
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|Manchester-South                       |Partial|
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|North West Leicestershire              |Whole  |
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|Plymouth                               |Whole  |
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|Ribble Valley                          |Whole  |
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|Salford                                |Whole  |
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|Sheffield—Harold Lambert and Manor Park|Partial|
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|Sheffield—Richmond Park                |Partial|
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|Sheffield—Woodthorpe and Lower Manor   |Partial|
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|Sheffield—Wybourn                      |Partial|
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|Tamworth                               |Whole  |
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|Torridge                               |Whole  |
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|Tower Hamlets—Chicksand East           |Partial|
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|Tower Hamlets—Digby and Greenways      |Partial|
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|Tower Hamlets—Libra Parnell            |Partial|
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|Tower Hamlets—St. Stephens Estate      |Partial|
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|Wansbeck                               |Whole  |
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