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Written question asked by John Bercow (Conservative) on Thursday, 23 April 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 27 April 2009. It was answered by Baroness Beckett (Labour) on Thursday, 7 May 2009 on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government.

Housing: Low Incomes

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many social tenants in each local authority area have bought a share in their home through the Social HomeBuy scheme to date.
Answer

The following table shows the number of Social HomeBuy sales in each local authority area between April 2006 and March 2009. Social HomeBuy is a voluntary and demand-led scheme in which only some social landlords chose to participate. It is one of a suite of options designed to help social tenants into home ownership. Purchasers can buy shares of between 25 and 100 per cent.

Social Homebuy sales
Local authority area 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09¹ Total
Adur — 1 — 1
Allerdale — 1 3 4
Ashford — — 1 1
Barking and Dagenham — 0 1 1
Barnet — — 1 1
Basingstoke and Deane — 3 — 3
Bexley — 2 2 4
Birmingham — 2 6 8
Bradford 3 2 1 6
Brent — 5 1 6
Brighton and Hove 1 0 — 1
Bromley — 5 2 7
Burnley — — 1 1
Camden — — 1 1
Cheltenham — 1 — 1
Chorley 3 1 — 4
Copeland — 1 6 7
Coventry 0 2 1 3
Crawley — 7 — 7
Croydon² 6 3 8 17
Dudley — — 1 1
Durham — 1 — 1
Ealing — 3 — 3
Eastbourne — 2 — 2
Eastleigh — 1 — 1
Enfield — 2 — 2
Greenwich — 5 — 5
Hackney 2 12 1 15
Hammersmith and Fulham 10 4 1 15
Haringey — — 1 1
Hart — 2 — 2
Hertsmere — 1 1 2
Hillingdon 2 0 — 2
Hounslow — 5 — 5
Islington — — 2 2
Kensington and Chelsea 3 7 2 12
Kingston upon Hull 6 0 — 6
Knowsley — — 1 1
Lambeth — — 1 1
Leeds 2 2 — 4
Leicester — 1 — 1
Lewisham — 1 — 1
Liverpool — 1 — 1
Luton — — 1 1
Manchester 1 15 — 16
Merton — — 1 1
Middlesbrough 1 3 — 4
Milton Keynes — 1 — 1
Newham — 2 9 11
North Hertfordshire — 1 — 1
Oldham — 1 7 8
Pendle — 1 — 1
Plymouth — 1 — 1
Redcar and Cleveland — 1 — 1
Richmond upon Thames — 1 — 1
Rochdale — — 1 1
Sefton — 13 — 13
Sevenoaks — — 1 1
Sheffield — 1 — 1
South Tyneside 1 2 1 4
Southampton — — 2 2
Southend-on-Sea — 1 — 1
Southwark³ — 21 4 25
Sunderland — — 6 6
Tameside — — 1 1
Test Valley — 1 — 1
The Wrekin — 2 3 5
Tower Hamlets — — 2 2
Tunbridge Wells — — 4 4
Waltham Forest 1 0 4 5
Wellingborough 3 1 — 4
Welwyn Hatfield — 1 — 1
West Berkshire — 1 2 3
Westminster — 1 — 1
Wirral — — 3 3
Woking 1 1 — 2
Wychavon — — 1 1
York 1 1 — 2
Total 47 160 99 306
¹ Provisional. ² Croydon sales figure in 2008-09 include four sales by the local authority. ³ Southwark sales figures include five sales by the local authority, three in 2007-08 and two in 2008-09.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
492 c390-2W; 271628
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Housing Low incomes Affordable housing
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk