Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what data her Department holds on the maximum Right to Buy discount (a) in London and (b) outside London in each year since 1997.

Financial information on Right to Buy sales in England was not collected prior to 1998-99. Average discounts from 1998-99 onwards at England level are available in Live Table 682 at the following link.

Figures for numbers of sales and total discounts given are available from 2011-12 onwards by local authority at the following link.

Prior to 2011-12, reliable financial data that is consistent with the numbers of sales is not held at regional or local authority level, so for these years it is not possible to provide a geographic breakdown of average discounts beyond the England level available at the above link.

The maximum Right to Buy discounts for the various regions since the inception of the scheme are published in the technical notes of the department’s Right to Buy sales and replacements statistical release at the following link, under section 4.4 “Discounts”.