Communities and Local Government written question – answered at on 7 May 2009.
John Bercow
Conservative, Buckingham
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.
Margaret Beckett
Minister of State (Department of Communities and Local Government) (Housing)
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 s ales | ||||
| Local authority area | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09( 1) | 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 |
| Croydon(2) | 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 |
| Southwark(3) | — | 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. | ||||
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