§ Mr. George Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many compulsory purchase orders have been submitted to him by local authorities in the Greater London area in each of the years since 1974 under part V of the Housing Act 1957; how many dwellings these compulsory purchase orders include; how many of those orders have been confirmed; how many dwellings are included in the confirmed compulsory purchase orders; and what was the average length of time between the receipt of the order by him and the announcement of his decision.
§ Mr. ArmstrongThe numbers of compulsory purchase orders submitted by local authorities in the Greater London area under part V of the Housing Act 1957 and the numbers confirmed—not always in the year of submission are as follows:
Year Orders submitted Since confirmed 1974 195 91 1975 111 72 1976 100 55 1977 102 67 1978 85 38 (35 not yet decided) Information about the numbers of dwellings involved is not available; and the average time taken to decide these orders cannot be readily determined. But a recent analysis of all decided orders made under housing powers by Greater London authorities and submitted from June 1976 to December 1978 showed the average time from submission to decision to have been 10 months for opposed orders and 4.6 months for unopposed orders.
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§ Mr. George Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many compulsory purchase orders have been submitted to him by local authorities in the Greater London area in each of the years since 1974 under part IV of the Housing Act 1974; how many dwellings these compulsory purchase orders included; how many of those orders have been confirmed; how many dwellings are included in the confirmed compulsory purchase orders; and what was the average length of time between the receipt of the order by him and the announcement of his decision.
§ Mr. ArmstrongThe numbers of compulsory purchase orders submitted by local authorities in the Greater London area under part IV of the Housing Act 1974 and the numbers confirmed—not always in the year of submission—are as follows:
Year Orders submitted Since confirmed 1974 0 0 1975 2 2 1976 8 4 1977 17 15 1978 54 12 (38 not yet decided) Information about the numbers of dwellings involved is not available; and the average time taken to decide these orders cannot be readily determined. But a recent analysis of all decided orders made under housing powers by Greater London authorities and submitted from June 1976 to December 1978 showed the average time from submission to decision to have been 10 months, for opposed orders, and 4.6 months for unopposed orders.