HC Deb 12 May 1986 vol 97 cc364-5W
Mr. Tony Banks

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many sheltered dwellings are maintained by each of the London boroughs; and what percentage that represents of total local authority stock.

Sir George Young

[pursuant to his answer, 9 May 1986, c. 298]: The numbers of sheltered dwellings at 1 April 1985 as recorded in the authorities' housing investment programme returns, which are in the Library, and the proportions of each authority's housing stock are as follows:

Local Authorities' Sheltered Dwellings, London: April 1985
Number Percentage of authority's dwelling stock
Greater London Council 41 0.09
City of London 0 0.00
Barking & Dagenham 496 1.50
Barnet 192 1.07
Bexley 719 6.38
Brent 648 3.00
Bromley 497 2.93
Camden 1,296 3.82
Croydon 1,110 5.49
Ealing 971 4.78
Enfield 917 4.60
Greenwich 901 2.43
Hackney 1,033 2.26
Hammersmith and Fulham 979 5.17
Haringey 1,067 4.41
Harrow 519 6.03
Havering 1,025 6.10
Hillingdon 636 3.36
Hounslow 995 4.88
Islington 579 1.41
Kensington and Chelsea 225 2.53
Kingston upon Thames 1,211 1816
Lambeth 953 1.95
Lewisham 628 1.49
Merton 233 1.78
Newham 287 0.92
Redbridge 1,072 9.45
Richmond upon Thames 513 5.64
Southwark 697 1.12
Sutton 736 6.12
Tower Hamlets 433 2.32
Waltham Forest 524 2.54
Wandsworth 905 2.32
Westminster 588 2.54
23,626 2.88