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We do not collect data on the numbers of homes purchased in rural areas with the assistance of an equity loan. However, we do know the numbers of key workers helped through our new build schemes in rural areas. These are given in the following table. These numbers are small because demand for key worker housing tends to be in urban areas where the majority of employer organisations are located. However, from April 2006 regional housing boards have been able to prioritise groups for assistance under our other low cost home ownership schemes.
| | East | South East | Total |
|
2001
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
2001
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
2003
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
2004
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
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|
2005
|
19
|
3
|
22
|
|
2006
|
5
|
4
|
9
|
|
Total
|
24
|
9
|
33
|
Chris Huhne:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many homes were purchased under the right to buy scheme in
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(a) rural and (b) non-rural areas in each year from 1980 until 1997; what each figure represents (i) per 1,000 population and (ii) per 1,000 households; and if she will make a statement. [118698]
Yvette Cooper:
The numbers of council properties sold through the right to buy scheme in England are tabulated as follows by urban and rural local authority areas. These figures have also been expressed per 1,000 population and 1,000 households.
| Right to buy sales by urban and rural local authority areas( 1) , England |
| | 1980-81 | 1981-82 | 1982-83 | 1983-84 | 1984-85 | 1985-86 | 1986-87 |
|
Right to buy sales
| | | | | | | |
|
Urban
|
1,442
|
64,049
|
114,272
|
70,608
|
49,710
|
46,792
|
48,696
|
|
Rural
|
886
|
41,150
|
52,851
|
35,654
|
27,812
|
25,350
|
28,052
|
|
Total
|
2,328
|
105,199
|
167,123
|
106,262
|
77,522
|
72,142
|
76,748
|
| | | | | | | | |
|
Right to buy sales per 1,000 population( 2)
| | | | | | | |
|
Urban
|
0.047
|
2.096
|
3.741
|
2.312
|
1.626
|
1.531
|
1.594
|
|
Rural
|
0.055
|
2.538
|
3.250
|
2.178
|
1.687
|
1.526
|
1.675
|
|
Total
|
0.050
|
2.249
|
3.570
|
2.265
|
1.647
|
1.529
|
1.623
|
| | | | | | | | |
|
Right to buy sales per 1,000 households( 2)
| | | | | | | |
|
Urban
|
0.13
|
5.58
|
9.90
|
6.08
|
4.25
|
3.97
|
4.10
|
|
Rural
|
0.15
|
6.88
|
8.74
|
5.80
|
4.46
|
3.99
|
4.35
|
|
Total
|
0.13
|
6.03
|
9.50
|
5.98
|
4.32
|
3.98
|
4.19
|
| | 1987-88 | 1988-89 | 1989-90 | 1990-91 | 1991-92 | 1992-93 |
|
Right to buy sales
| | | | | | |
|
Urban
|
60,929
|
91,287
|
101,483
|
60,341
|
36,033
|
26,225
|
|
Rural
|
32,800
|
44,414
|
32,321
|
15,991
|
12,257
|
11,461
|
|
Total
|
93,729
|
135,701
|
133,804
|
76,332
|
48,290
|
37,686
|
| | | | | | | |
|
Right to buy sales per 1,000 population( 2)
| | | | | | |
|
Urban
|
1.996
|
2.983
|
3.307
|
1.960
|
1.170
|
0.850
|
|
Rural
|
1.943
|
2.621
|
1.900
|
0.936
|
0.714
|
0.666
|
|
Total
|
1.977
|
2.854
|
2.805
|
1.594
|
1.007
|
0.784
|
| | | | | | | |
|
Right to buy sales per 1,000 households( 2)
| | | | | | |
| |
5.08
|
7.53
|
8.29
|
4.88
|
2.90
|
2.10
|
| |
4.99
|
6.67
|
4.80
|
2.35
|
1.78
|
1.66
|
| |
5.05
|
7.23
|
7.05
|
3.98
|
2.50
|
1.94
|
| | 1993-94 | 1994-95 | 1995-96 | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 |
|
Right to buy sales
| | | | | | | |
|
Urban
|
28,607
|
27,658
|
21,055
|
21,974
|
28,506
|
28,854
|
38,998
|
|
Rural
|
16,071
|
15,678
|
10,457
|
11,232
|
12,823
|
11,418
|
15,253
|
|
Total
|
44,678
|
43,336
|
31,512
|
33,206
|
41,329
|
40,272
|
54,251
|
| | | | | | | | |
|
Right to buy sales per 1,000 population( 2)
| | | | | | | |
|
Urban
|
0.927
|
0.895
|
0.681
|
0.710
|
0.920
|
0.929
|
1.253
|
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|
Rural
|
0.928
|
0.901
|
0.598
|
0.639
|
0.726
|
0.643
|
0.854
|
|
Total
|
0.928
|
0.897
|
0.651
|
0.684
|
0.849
|
0.825
|
1.107
|
| | | | | | | | |
|
Right to buy sales per 1,000 households( 2)
| | | | | | | |
|
Urban
|
2.29
|
2.20
|
1.67
|
1.74
|
2.25
|
2.26
|
3.04
|
|
Rural
|
2.30
|
2.22
|
1.47
|
1.56
|
1.77
|
1.56
|
2.06
|
|
Total
|
2.29
|
2.21
|
1.60
|
1.68
|
2.07
|
2.01
|
2.68
|
