HC Deb 13 July 1978 vol 953 cc755-7W
Mr. Forrester

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list in the Official Report those local authorities with over 20,000 council dwellings and the amount of their rent and rate arrears for each of the last three years.

NON-METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COUNCILS
Number of dwellings at 31st March Rent Arrears
Authority 1977 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77
(£) (£) (£)
Bristol … … … 45,725 99,781 125,964 162,223
Derby … … … 22,883 9,566 7,381 15,925
Kingston-upon-Hull … … … 44,835 N.A. 68,446 95,198
Leicester … … … 33,685 131,822 208,667 300,253
Norwich … … … 23,175 N.A. 58,468 107,800
Nottingham … … … 53,793 175,961 225,542 349,429
Plymouth … … … 23,603 24,980 36,644 39,609
Portsmouth … … … 27,326 113,459 112,755 96,283
Southampton … … … 23,824 N.A. 147,783 176,505
Stockton-on-Tees … … … 21,249 61,956 82,771 109,687
Stoke-on-Trent … … … 31,928 9,307 959 3,877
Salford … … … 40,184 169,906 167,113 152,808
Sandwell … … … 56,949 77,998 77,252 221,239
Sefton … … … 21,482 56,688 74,456 87,258
Sheffield … … … 89,911 296,969 302,576 367,865
South Tyneside … … … 33,197 N.A. 39,079 33,953
Sunderland … … … 50,598 12,338 42,496 69,492
Tameside … … … 23,807 N.A. 107,875 123,824
Wakefield … … … 45,435 84,029 95,698 113,981
Walsall … … … 40,880 42,150 50,082 56,558
Wigan … … … 36,107 76,526 216,953 238,619
Wirral … … … 28,439 128,637 213,187 303,421
Wolverhampton … … … 41,489 58,884 169,479 278,463

METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COUNCILS
Number of dwellings at 31st March Rent Arrears
Authority 1977 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77
(£) (£) (£)
Barnsley … … … 34,139 84,455 82,610 83,468
Birmingham … … … 148,648 938,051 993,509 1,307,836
Bolton … … … 26,345 35,408 36,467 41,842
Bradford … … … 39,142 127,098 161,090 185,289
Coventry … … … 27,785 120,465 117,614 181,232
Doncaster … … … 33,403 38,787 42,558 69,005
Dudley … … … 40,033 120,579 N.A. 161,609
Gateshead … … … 37,817 86,053 87,374 108,290
Kirklees … … … 35,745 N.A. 122,040 110,152
Knowsley … … … 39,200 N.A. 670,564 743,590
Leeds … … … 96,829 284,303 401,643 461,263
Liverpool … … … 79,928 952,538 912,900 1,078,125
Manchester … … … 102,740 822,135 865,194 1,118,663
Newcastle upon Tyne … … … 48,990 237,097 259,935 284,246
North Tyneside … … … 31,172 N.A. 67,937 101,827
Oldham … … … 24,696 74,921 106,639 136,887
Rochdale … … … 21,583 95,161 105,395 91,040
Rotherham … … … 38,115 79,572 94,152 102,136
St. Helens … … … 21,671 113,130 86,925 N.A.

Mr. Armstrong

Rent arreas net of rates owing to those local authorities with over 20,000 dwellings, as at 31st March for each of the last three years for which this information is available, are below. Some of these arrears are only technical due to dates of payment. Information on arrears of rates is not collected by the Department.

GREATER LONDON
Number of dwellings at 31st March Rent Arrears
Authority 1977 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77
(£) (£) (£)
GLC … … … … 220,392 1,492,576 1,742,896 2,547,991
Barking … … … … 25,231 100,387 67,291 62,838
Camden … … … … 28,489 1,097,074 871,122 869,958
Croydon … … … … 21,213 124,492 165,797 198,004
Enfield … … … … 21,691 171,110 189,932 181,520
Greenwich … … … … 25,011 316,529 386,752 253,170
Hackney … … … … 24,778 348,626 296,225 485,295
Hillingdon … … … … 23,352 151,035 143,628 158,586
Islington … … … … 27,702 N.A. 643,929 491,029
Lambeth … … … … 31,071 664,616 567,224 577,490
Lewisham … … … … 28,244 415,488 415,249 432,848
Newham … … … … 31,893 243,527 183,991 204,213
Southwark … … … … 34,778 326,579 232,259 273,043
Wandsworth … … … … 27,690 305,115 296,939 405,980