HC Deb 18 November 1986 vol 105 cc96-127W
Mr. Rooker

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will seek to collect information in the same form as the Audit Commission used in its report, "Managing the Crisis in Council Housing", on the numbers of empty local authority dwellings which are available for letting.

Mr. John Patten

As the Audit Commission made clear in the report to which the hon. Member refers, the information on empty local authority dwellings which the commission quoted was collected by the Department from local authorities. Authorities include this in their annual housing investment programme returns.

Mr. Rooker

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what is his latest estimate of the percentage of empty dwellings in (a) private sector, (b) public sector, (c) those owned and controlled by Her Majesty's Government and (d) housing associations;

(2) if he will publish from the local authorities housing investment returns for 1 April the number and percentage of vacant dwellings in the local authority housing associations, other public sectors and the private sector, giving totals for each region.

Mr. John Patten

The available estimates for April 1986, derived from English local authorities' housing investment programme returns, are as follows:

Vacant dwellings, England: April 1986
Thousands
Local authorities Housing associations Other public sector Private sector All sectors
North 11.4(2.7) 1.0(2.3) 1.0(6.7) 30(3.9) 43(3.5)
Yorkshire and Humberside 11.8(2.2) 0.7(2.3) 1.0(5.7) 57(4.2) 70(3.6)
East Midlands 6.5(1.8) 0.7(2.6) 1.9(11.2) 52(4.6) 62(4.0)
East Anglia 2.1(1.3) 0.1(0.9) 1.7(8.9) 28(4.6) 32(4.0)
London 27.8(3.5) 6.5(4.7) 1.6(6.3) 93(5.1) 129(4.6)
Rest of South East 10.5(1.5) 0.8(1.3) 5.2(5.5) 105(3.3) 122(3.0)
South West 3.2(1.0) 0.3(1.0) 2.4(8.7) 58(4.0) 64(3.5)
West Midlands 13.7(2.5) 1.7(3.4) 1.4(5.2) 49(3.5) 66(3.3)
North West 24.6(4.1) 31(4.0) 2.3(5.8) 80(4.5) 110(4.4)
England 111.6(2.5) 14.9(3.2) 18.5(6.6) 552(4.1) 697(3.7)

Notes:

In addition local authorities owned 1,700 further dwellings which were closed making a total of 113,300.

The "other public sector" figures in this case include local authorities' overspill estates, in addition to housing owned by new towns, county councils (for example police houses), Government Departments and nationalised industries and other public agencies. Many of these dwellings are vacant because of operational requirements, notably those owned by the Ministry of Defence, and others have been acquired for demolition, for example by the Department of Transport. The Government are encouraging the sale of housing which is not required and many of those that are vacant are in the process of disposal.

Housing associations' acquisitions of dwellings for rehabilitation inflate the numbers which are vacant.

Vacant dwellings in the private sector include those which are in severe disrepair, those undergoing renovation or awaiting demolition, those which arc empty while being sold or between lettings, and those whose owners do not wish to occupy or sell them but are deterred from letting by the Rent Act.

Mr. Rooker

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what information he has about the time local housing authorities take in reletting vacant dwellings.

Mr. John Patten

The Department does not collect this information.

Mr. Rooker

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will list for the 50 English housing authorities owning the highest numbers of empty dwellings, the numbers of such dwellings which are closed awaiting demolition or renovation and those known to be used as temporary homes for tenants whose own home is being modernised;

Vacant dwellings analysis: HIP1: April 1986
Local authority Local authority stock Number of vacant dwellings Per cent. vacant Awaiting demolition Awaiting repair or improvement Vacant for over a year Vacant for over two years
1) Liverpool 64,836 7,704 11.9 5,637 945 4,283 2,408
2) Manchester 79,499 4,939 6.2 607 1,357 1,287 906
3) Sheffield 89,994 3,227 3.6 1,229 240 953 502
4) Tower Hamlets 48,700 3,200 6.6 146 1,385 1,516 936
5) Hackney 45,730 3,111 6.8 239 1,174 1,284 595
6) Birmingham 120,955 3,106 2.6 51 1,380 241 91
7) Sandwell 55,787 2,751 4.9 693 292 501 221
8) Newham 31,110 2,420 7.8 120 1,230 1,322 431
9) Islington 41,261 2,271 5.5 5 257 661 247
10) Bradford 37,082 2,117 5.7 322 329 1,080 607
11) Wolverhampton 39,571 1,926 4.9 7 302 267 83
12) Salford 41,712 1,908 4.6 104 6 518 232
13) Southwark 61,639 1,900 3.1 37 291 1,040 n/a
14) Gateshead 35,797 1,825 5.1 1,261 97 431 256
15) Lewisham 41,434 1,576 3.8 210 517 476 195
16) Sunderland 52,168 1,527 2.9 8 245 565 314
17) Oldham 25,590 1,419 5.5 377 132 466 310
18) Wandsworth 38,128 1,397 3.7 103 272 392 175
19) Nottingham 45,329 1,348 3.0 352 93 226 6
20) Newcastle upon Tyne 46,512 1,336 2.9 0 602 283 94
21) Lambeth 48,776 1,328 2.7 88 261 n/a n/a
22) North Tyneside 28,744 1,310 4.6 15 154 596 226
23) Leeds 91,687 1,076 1.2 6 188 104 102
24) Kirklees 35,813 1,012 2.8 24 91 43 14
25) Rochdale 21,638 985 4.6 137 220 304 120
26) Coventry 25,166 957 3.8 25 39 269 192

(2) if he will list the 50 housing authorities owning the highest numbers of empty dwellings, giving the figures and an indication of how many of these dwellings have been empty for (a) more than one year and (b) more than two years.

Mr. John Patten

The 50 English local authorities which, in their housing investment programme returns, reported owning the largest numbers of vacant dwellings (including those which were closed) at 1 April 1986 are as follows, with an analysis of those awaiting demolition, repair or improvement. Information on numbers held vacant for use by tenants whose homes are being modernised is not available.

Local authority Local authority stock Number of vacant dwellings Per cent. vacant Awaiting demolition Awaiting repair or improvement Vacant for over a year Vacant for over two years
27) Camden 33,880 957 2.8 0 141 431 272
28) Leicester 34,032 947 2.8 96 34 77 23
29) Walsall 38,321 929 2.4 0 267 47 24
30) Greenwich 36,613 912 2.5 0 0 147 50
31) Brent 21,320 844 4.0 61 209 393 256
32) Kingston upon Hull 46,600 800 1.7 0 148 42 10
33) Calderdale 15,670 796 5.1 9 159 361 209
34) Easington 18,764 760 4.1 1 24 42 27
35) Dudley 36,350 739 2.0 60 48 48 12
36) Westminster 22,972 739 3.2 0 177 275 165
37) Wirral 24,601 694 2.8 51 90 39 1
38) Portsmouth 14,745 675 4.6 65 0 60 54
39) Rotherham 34,098 672 2.0 209 14 11 1
40) Haringey 23,898 670 2.8 18 200 251 132
41) Hammersmith and Fulham 18,714 654 3.5 1 237 209 86
42) Wigan 33,672 621 1.8 44 0 51 34
43) Barnsley 31,223 598 1.9 44 63 102 22
44) Doncaster 34,734 595 1.7 0 147 250 148
45) Barking and Dagenham 32,104 588 1.8 0 22 30 16
46) Sedgefield 15,013 575 3.8 9 49 32 9
47) Norwich 23,350 570 2.4 0 45 73 0
48) Burnley 7,297 557 7.6 4 17 267 192
49) Southampton 21,515 553 2.6 19 245 53 14
50) Derby 20,728 549 2.6 19 117 86 17

n/a = Not available.

Mr. Rooker

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the totals for England of each aspect of housing need appraisal listed on the numerical statement sent by housing authorities to his Department on form DOE 16314 for 1986 in the same form as he used in his answer of 15 January, Official Report, columns 573–76.

Section A: Dwelling stock position at 1 April 1986
Thousand dwellings
Local authorities Housing associations Other public sector Private sector Total
1 Total (including non-permanent) 4,439 465 283 13,530 18,716
2 Specially designed or adapted and intended for use:
by the elderly (a) sheltered 281 92 3 16 392
(b) others 297 21 6 2 325
by the disabled (c) wheelchair 12 3 1 4 20
(d) others 24 1 — 12 38
3 Unfit 94 11 3 545 654
4 Fit but lacking basic amenities 68 7 4 422 501
5 Non-substandard, in need of renovation 1,273 21 17 1,579 2,890
6 Prefrabricated reinforced concrete, designed before 1960 and not yet reinstated 123 — 5 25 153
7 Difficult to let 325 5 6 n.a. n.a.
8 Vacant 112 15 19 552 697

Local authority vacant dwellings at 1 April 1986
Thousand dwellings
9. Total 10. of which, vacant more than a year 11. of which, vacant more than two years
Available for letting 29.8 1.5 0.6
Undergoing repair or improvement:
for sale 0.6 0.4 0.2
other 38.0 6.9 3.1
Awaiting repair or improvement:
for sale 0.4 0.2 0.1
other 18.4 5.6 2.8
Awaiting sale 6.3 3.7 2.1
Awaiting demolition 14.9 7.1 4.0
Other 5.0 1.7 1.0
Total 113.3 27.1 13.8

Mr. John Patten

Totals for England, including estimates where figures were missing, for each of the items in local authorities 1986 housing needs appraisal statement (HIPI) are as follows:

Section B: Households position at 1 April 1986
Thousand households
Total in need On housing list and in need
1. Overcrowded:
(a) more than 1 but not more than 1.5 persons per room 403 179
(b) more than 1.5 persons per room 117 67
2. Needing accommodation as described in A2:
(a) elderly 682 251
(b) disabled 106 14
3. Concealed:
(a) married couples 181 106
(b) lone parents 167 65
4. Sharing:
(a) single persons 289 166
(b) other 148 86
5. On waiting list at 1 April 1986:
Total on list — 1,351
of which, in need — 951
Change in total since 1 April 1985 — +71

Section C: Homeless Households
Thousand households
1. Households accepted as homeless 1 April 1985 to 31 March 1986.
(a) total 103
(b) of which, in priority need 93

Section D: Nominations made to housing associations or new town dwellings between 1 April 1985 and 31 March 1986
Thousand households
1. Households taking up nominations to secure tenancies:
(a) total 18
(b) of which, homeless households 2

Section E: relets (HRA stock) between 1 April 1985 and 31 March 1986
Thousand dwellings
1. Vacant and available for letting on 1 April 1985 31
2. Came into management during the period:
(a) newly built 21
(b) through acquisition or following modernisation or conversion 14
3. Other (including dwellings vacated by existing tenants, even if moving to another local authority dwelling) 426
4. Total available for letting 1 April 1985 to 31 March 1986 492
5. Let through the National Mobility Scheme and, for London, other schemes:

Thousand dwellings
(a) total 11
(b) of which, homeless households 1
6. Let through the Tenants Exchange Scheme 7
7. Let to tenants of other authorities under Exchange Agreements (excluding E5 and E6) 6
8. Let to existing tenants transferring within an authority's own stock 166
9. Let to new secure tenants:
(a) displaced through slum clearance or redevelopment 7
(b) homeless households 56
(c) housed from waiting list (normal allocation) 153
(d) other 20
10. Let to new tenants not on secure tenancies:
(a) total 11
(b) of which, homeless households 7
11. Total let 1 April 1985 to 31 March 1986 437
12. Included at E4, but subsequently taken out of management and not available for letting 31 March 1986 26
13. Vacant and available for letting on 31 March 1986 30

Section F: loans for purchase of dwellings in the private sector between 1 April 1985 and 31 March 1986
Thousands
1. Total applications in priority categories to local authorities 8
2. of which:
(a) granted loans by local authorities 1
(b) referred to building societies 5
3. Referrals resulting in building society loans 3

— Less than 500.

n/a Not applicable.

Local authorities' figures for housing not in their ownership are not usually based on detailed surveys and they are, therefore, less firm. Also, local authorities' criteria for some items might differ: for example, on unfitness, for which the totals are not consistent with the results of the English house condition survey.

Mr. Rooker

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what information he has for each housing authority in England as to the number of dwellings classed as difficult to let, including the percentage this figure represents of the local authority owned stock; and what are the changes in these figures since 1985.

Mr. John Patten

Local authorities' annual housing investment programme returns include numbers of dwellings owned within their own areas, which they class as difficult to let. Numbers reported are not necessarily comparable as authorities' criteria may differ. The total for England at 1 April 1986, including estimates for those councils which did not provide a figure, was about 325,000, 7.3 per cent. of the stock, and was 4,000 greater than the estimate for a year earlier. The figures for each authority are as follows:

Difficult to let local authority dwellings, England 1 April 1986
Difficult to let
Local authority stock Number Percentage of stock Change in number from 1985
REGION—NORTH (EXCLUDING CUMBRIA)
County—Cleveland
Hartlepool 11,215 251 2.2 -73
Langbaurgh 16,850 1,100 6.5 -50
Middlesbrough 18,041 342 1.9 80
Stockton-on-Tees 18,866 900 4.8 10
County—Durham
Chester-le-Street 7,531 125 1.7 34
Darlington 8,280 0 0.0 0
Derwentside 12,521 379 3.0 379
Durham 11,247 374 3.3 46
Easington 18,764 665 3.5 79
Sedgefield 15,013 75 0.5 19
Teeside 1,315 14 1.1 0
Wear Valley 8,165 505 6.2 0
County—Northumberland
Alnwick 2,961 136 4.6 0
Benvick-upon-Tweed 3,725 0 0.0 0
Blyth Valley 10,005 230 2.3 -75
Castle Morpeth 4,057 0 0.0 0
Tynedale 4,633 0 0.0 0
Wansbeck 9,528 1,485 15.6 946
County—Tyne and Wear
Gateshead 35,797 983 2.7 41
Newcastle upon Tyne 46,512 3,861 8.3 -153
North Tyneside 28,744 2,726 9.5 -1,456
South Tyneside 29,919 1,577 5.3 505
Sunderland 52,168 3,169 6.1 -200
REGION—YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE
County—Humberside
Beverley 5,431 97 1.8 18
Boothferry 4,719 0 0.0 0
Cleethorpes 3,541 0 0.0 0
East Yorkshire 4,884 0 0.0 0
Glanford 3,764 0 0.0 0
Great Grimsby 8,285 700 8.4 0
Holderness 2,535 51 2.0 0
Kingston upon Hull 46,600 603 1.3 0
Scunthorpe 9,121 169 1.9 -131
County—North Yorkshire
Craven 2,298 0 0.0 0
Hambleton 4,898 0 0.0 0
Harrogate 6,071 0 0.0 0
Richmondshire 2,795 0 0.0 0
Ryedale 3,835 0 0.0 0
Scarborough 7,452 650 8.7 0
Selby 5,438 0 0.0 0
York 10,467 342 3.3 -203
County—South Yorkshire
Barnsley 31,223 5,502 17.6 -506
Doncaster 34,734 6,618 19.1 -452
Rotherham 34,098 2,500 7.3 0
Sheffield 89,994 4,343 4.8 -94
County—West Yorkshire
Bradford 37,082 1,938 5.2 388
Calderdale 15,670 1,906 12.2 130
Kirklees 35,813 2,400 6.7 -650
Leeds 91,687 7,427 8.1 -236
Wakefield 44,663 n/a n/a n/a
REGION—EAST MIDLANDS
County—Derbyshire
Amber Valley 7,619 8 0.1 -12
Bolsover 8,310 65 0.8 -59

Difficult to let
Local authority stock Number Percentage of stock Change in number from 1985
Chesterfield 13,658 327 2.4 27
Derby 20,728 2,739 13.2 0
Erewash 8,388 589 7.0 62
High Peak 6,213 465 7.5 -54
North East Derbyshire 11,091 115 1.0 -6
South Derbyshire 4,702 0 0.0 0
West Derbyshire 4,077 0 0.0 0
County—Leicestershire
Blaby 3,239 0 0.0 0
Charnwood 8,356 0 0.0 0
Harborough 3,285 0 0.0 0
Hinckley and Bosworth 5,062 0 0.0 0
Leicester 34,032 1,778 5.2 -6
Melton 2,735 20 0.7 0
North West Leicestershire 5,995 0 0.0 0
Oadby and Wigston 1,834 0 0.0 0
Rutland 1,929 0 0.0 0
County—Lincolnshire
Boston 5,813 60 1.0 0
East Lindsey 5,940 124 2.1 -32
Lincoln 10,544 600 5.7 0
North Kesteven 5,250 146 2.8 -10
South Holland 5,523 447 8.1 1.1
South Kesteven 9,172 0 0.0 0
West Lindsey 4,908 206 4.2 57
County—Northamptonshire
Corby 9,787 0 0.0 0
Daventry 4,932 0 0.0 0
East Northamptonshire 5,298 0 0.0 0
Kettering 5,925 7 0.1 -3
Northampton 18,134 1,097 6.0 190
South Northamptonshire 4,542 6 0.1 0
Wellingborough 6,881 0 0.0 0
County—Nottinghamshire
Ashfield 10,836 488 4.5 -248
Bassetlaw 9,982 7 0.1 -143
Broxtowe 6,764 210 3.1 0
Gedling 5,772 220 3.8 88
Mansfield 10,424 905 8.7 0
Newark and Sherwood 8,100 148 1.8 -32
Nottingham 45,329 1,359 3.0 -593
Rushcliffe 4,438 0 0.0 0
REGION-EASTERN
County—Bedfordshire
Luton 11,907 0 0.0 0
Mid Bedfordshire 7,967 0 0.0 0
North Bedfordshire 8,198 0 0.0 0
South Bedfordshire 7,937 0 0.0 0
County—Buckinghamshire
Aylesbury Vale 11,023 17 0.2 17
Chiltern 5,117 26 0.5 -22
Milton Keynes 7,175 8 0.1 -1
South Bucks 3,672 0 0.0 -26
Wycombe 10,217 0 0.0 0
County—Cambridgeshire
Cambridge 10,727 0 0.0 0
East Cambridgeshire 4,796 47 1.0 -19
Fenland 5,363 160 3.0 0
Huntingdonshire 8,713 0 0.0 0
Peterborough 9,664 2,718 28.1 498
South Cambridgeshire 7,797 0 0.0 0
County—Essex
Basildon 6,052 450 7.4 0
Braintree 11,606 0 0.0 0
Brentwood 3,739 0 0.0 0

Difficult to let
Local authority stock Number Percentage of stock Change in number from 1985
Castle Point 2,376 6 0.3 0
Chelmsford 9,739 53 0.5 -21
Colchester 9,138 0 0.0 0
Epping Forest 9,422 0 0.0 0
Harlow 17,443 0 0.0 -609
Maldon 2,493 67 2.7 3
Rochford 2,541 0 0.0 n/a
Southend-on-Sea 8,159 0 0.0 0
Tendring 4,348 0 0.0 0
Thurrock 15,236 150 1.0 40
Uttlesford 4,078 0 0.0 0
County—Hertfordshire
Broxbourne 5,057 113 2.2 113
Dacorum 16,142 230 1.4 -190
East Hertfordshire 8,468 0 0.0 0
Hertsmere 7,948 173 2.2 0
North Hertfordshire 11,796 0 0.0 0
St. Albans 7,956 0 0.0 0
Stevenage 13,791 367 2.7 -33
Three Rivers 6,008 0 0.0 0
Watford 6,298 0 0.0 0
Welwyn Hatfield 14,623 0 0.0 0
County—Norfolk
Breckland 7,573 160 2.1 0
Broadland 3,963 0 0.0 0
Great Yarmouth 7,911 2,028 25.6 -82
Kings Lynn and West Norfolk 9,561 374 3.9 0
North Norfolk 6,368 0 0.0 0
Norwich 23,350 1,677 7.2 1.0
South Norfolk 5,853 40 0.7 -35
County—Suffolk
Babergh 5,218 32 0.6 -18
Forest Heath 4,742 0 0.0 0
Ipswich 11,708 0 0.0 0
Mid Suffolk 4,826 0 0.0 0
St. Edmundsbury 8,882 236 2.7 -107
Suffolk Coastal 5,944 47 0.8 0
Waveney 6,483 6 0.1 0
REGION—GREATER LONDON
County—Greater London
City of London 1,549 0 0.0 0
Barking and Dagenham 32,104 3,000 9.3 0
Barnet 17,476 0 0.0 0
Bexley 11,088 36 0.3 0
Brent 21,320 5,400 25.3 -35
Bromley 16,321 70 0.4 70
Camden 33,880 4,276 12.6 -174
Croydon 19,611 395 2.0 -450
Ealing 19,964 3,842 19.2 2,842
Enfield 19,510 683 3.5 -578
Greenwich 36,613 7,000 19.1 0
Hackney 45,730 6,500 14.2 0
Hammersmith and Fulham 18,714 3,609 19.3 390
Haringey 23,898 1,530 6.4 -20
Harrow 8,361 62 0.7 8
Havering 16,663 0 0.0 -692
Hillingdon 17,715 0 0.0 0
Hounslow 20,287 2,000 9.9 -1,000
Islington 41,261 14,065 34.1 5,565
Kensington and Chelsea 8,804 502 5.7 0
Kingston upon Thames 6,538 89 1.4 0
Lambeth 48,776 16,856 34.6 -494
Lewisham 41,434 7,000 16.9 0
Merton 12,588 229 1.8 229
Newham 31,110 2,170 7.0 2,170
Redbridge 11,129 480 4.3 -110
Richmond upon Thames 9,864 2,097 21.3 997
Southwark 61,639 n/a n/a n/a
Sutton 11,832 0 0.0 0
Tower Hamlets 48,700 14,600 30.0 12,100

Difficult to let
Local authority stock Number Percentage of stock Change in number from 1985
Waltham Forest 20,210 2,988 14.8 -12
Wandsworth 38,128 2,990 7.8 -4,585
Westminster 22,972 0 0.0 0
REGION—SOUTH EASTERN
County—Berkshire
Bracknell 10,347 25 0.2 0
Newbury 7,923 0 0.0 0
Reading 9,525 216 2.3 54
Slough 10,559 3 0.0 3
Windsor and Maidenhead 7,542 149 2.0 0
Wokingham 3,673 22 0.6 22
County—East Sussex
Brighton 11,090 623 5.6 180
Eastbourne 5,176 343 6.6 0
Hastings 4,981 0 0.0 0
Hove 4,453 68 1.5 0
Lewes 4,309 136 3.2 0
Rother 4,014 155 3.9 -20
Wealden 4,350 0 0.0 0
County—Hampshire
Basingstoke and Deane 11,848 0 0.0 0
East Hampshire 4,910 0 0.0 0
Eastleigh 5,293 0 0.0 0
Fareham 3,364 0 0.0 0
Gosport 5,659 0 0.0 0
Hart 2,778 0 0.0 0
Havant 3,965 0 0.0 0
New Forest 7,258 99 1.4 0
Portsmouth 14,745 0 0.0 -200
Rushmoor 5,442 0 0.0 -122
Southampton 21,515 0 0.0 0
Test Valley 7,510 0 0.0 0
Winchester 6,716 0 0.0 0
County—Isle of Wight
Medina 3,230 0 0.0 -3
South Wight 2,377 0 0.0 0
County—Kent
Ashford 8,709 288 3.3 -396
Canterbury 7,162 84 1.2 -30
Dartford 6,634 0 0.0 0
Dover 7,753 452 5.8 -78
Gillingham 4,425 0 0.0 0
Gravesham 8,244 0 0.0 0
Maidstone 8,897 466 5.2 218
Rochester upon Medway 10,539 n/a n/a n/a
Sevenoaks 7,399 250 3.4 0
Shepway 4,505 9 0.2 0
Swale 8,328 568 6.8 0
Thanet 7,436 0 0.0 0
Tonbridge and Malling 7,043 0 0.0 0
Tunbridge Wells 6,445 48 0.7 48
County—Oxfordshire
Cherwell 8,257 150 1.8 0
Oxford 8,588 54 0.6 -1
South Oxfordshire 7,698 174 2.3 0
Vale of White Horse 6,497 18 0.3 -2
West Oxfordshire 5,053 0 0.0 0
County—Surrey
Elmbridge 5,904 449 7.6 -42
Epsom and Ewell 2,282 0 0.0 0
Guildford 7,472 24 0.3 24
Mole Valley 4,574 0 0.0 0
Reigate and Banstead 7,281 0 0.0 0
Runnymede 4,317 0 0.0 0
Spelthorne 4,443 0 0.0 0
Surrey Heath 3,547 0 0.0 0

Difficult to let
Local authority stock Number Percentage of stock Change in number from 1985
Tandridge 4,100 0 0.0 -1
Waverely 6,883 0 0.0 0
Woking 4,818 0 0.0 0
County—West Sussex
Adur 3,893 219 5.6 0
Arun 5,240 0 0.0 0
Chichester 7,128 0 0.0 0
Crawley 12,387 0 0.0 0
Horsham 6,205 0 0.0 0
Mid Sussex 4,924 42 0.9 -16
Worthing 3,081 45 1.5 43
REGION—SOUTH WEST
County—Avon
Bath 7,563 0 0.0 0
Bristol 41,418 0 0.0 0
Kingswood 5,171 0 0.0 0
Northavon 5,876 0 0.0 0
Wansdyke 5,335 0 0.0 0
Woodspring 8,935 250 2.8 0
County—Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
Caradon 4,590 0 0.0 0
Carrick 5,173 0 0.0 0
Kerrier 4,164 0 0.0 0
North Cornwall 4,493 0 0.0 0
Penwith 4,019 1 0.0 1
Restormel 4,465 0 0.0 0
Isles of Scilly 141 0 0.0 0
County—Devon
East Devon 5,922 11 0.2 0
Exeter 8,088 0 0.0 0
Mid Devon 4,853 0 0.0 0
North Devon 4,327 0 0.0 0
Plymouth 22,398 0 0.0 0
South Hams 4,002 0 0.0 0
Teignbridge 5,278 0 0.0 0
Torbay 4,411 0 0.0 0
Torridge 2,519 0 0.0 0
West Devon 1,859 0 0.0 0
County—Dorset
Bournemouth 6,640 0 0.0 0
Christchurch 1,754 209 11.9 0
North Dorset 3,429 16 0.5 0
Poole 6,471 0 0.0 0
Purbeck 2,254 0 0.0 0
West Dorset 6,042 0 0.0 0
Weymouth and Portland 4,056 0 0.0 0
Wimborne 2,548 0 0.0 0
County—Gloucestershire
Cheltenham 6,621 0 0.0 0
Cotswold 5,161 0 0.0 0
Forest of Dean 5,367 12 0.2 0
Gloucester 6,528 0 0.0 0
Stroud 7,402 63 0.9 -13
Tewkesbury 4,228 194 4.6 0
County—Somerset
Mendip 6,474 17 0.3 -16
Sedgemoor 6,612 150 2.3 0
South Somerset 12,020 0 0.0 0
Taunton Deane 8,634 523 61 -105
West Somerset 2,104 0 0.0 0
County—Wiltshire
Kennet 5,818 0 0.0 0
North Wiltshire 7,519 13 0.2 -7
Salisbury 8,302 2 0.0 0
Thamesdown 14,372 557 3.9 -44

Difficult to let
Local authority stock Number Percentage of stock Change in number from 1985
West Wiltshire 6,980 0 0.0 0
REGION—WEST MIDLANDS
County—Hereford and Worcester
Bromsgrove 4,415 0 0.0 0
Hereford 5,121 361 7.0 87
Leominster 2,082 0 0.0 -57
Malvern Hills 5,556 185 3.3 -15
Redditch 10,064 629 6.3 0
South Herefordshire 2,287 0 0.0 0
Worcester 6,428 824 12.8 224
Wychavon 8,186 0 0.0 0
Wyre Forest 7,821 200 2.6 -25
County—Shropshire
Bridgnorth 3,609 0 0.0 0
North Shropshire 3,600 0 0.0 -125
Oswestry 2,795 0 0.0 0
Shrewsbury and Atcham 7,115 239 3.4 -77
South Shropshire 1,908 78 4.1 -8
The Wrekin 11,213 189 1.7 -61
County—Staffordshire
Cannock Chase 8,753 1,085 12.4 0
East Staffordshire 7,029 0 0.0 0
Lichfield 6,321 150 2.4 0
Newcastle-under-Lyme 12,269 1,500 12.2 500
South Staffordshire 6,507 0 0.0 0
Stafford 8,391 300 3.6 0
Staffordshire Moorlands 4,214 0 0.0 0
Stoke-on-Trent 28,978 2,000 6.9 0
Tamworth 7,676 271 3.5 0
County—Warwickshire
North Warwickshire 4,952 40 0.8 0
Nuneaton and Bedworth 9,295 258 2.8 -9
Rugby 5,519 0 0.0 0
Stratford-on-Avon 7,324 0 0.0 0
Warwick 7,855 97 1.2 -55
County—West Midlands
Birmingham 120,955 16,200 13.4 -1,950
Coventry 25,166 3,515 14.0 -146
Dudley 36,350 1,071 2.9 330
Sandwell 55,787 6,336 11.4 4,528
Solihull 16,058 533 3.3 287
Walsall 38,321 6,900 18.0 -100
Wolverhampton 39,571 2,100 5.3 -472
REGION—NORTH WEST (INCLUDING CUMBRIA)
County—Cheshire
Chester 8,565 1,262 14.7 362
Congleton 5,046 0 0.0 0
Crewe and Nantwich 8,543 150 1.8 76
Ellesmere Port and Neston 8,864 0 0.0 0
Halton 9,688 336 3.5 -134
Macclesfield 8,450 0 0.0 -503
Vale Royal 9,780 0 0.0 0
Warrington 13,191 1,316 10.0 0
County—Cumbria
Allerdale 6,409 329 5.1 -23
Barrow-in-Furness 4,812 0 0.0 0
Carlisle 12,005 0 0.0 0
Copeland 6,365 210 3.3 -8
Eden 2,571 0 0.0 0
South Lakeland 5,696 0 0.0 0
County—Greater Manchester
Bolton 26,209 2,235 8.5 -36
Bury 11,627 210 1.8 0
Manchester 79,499 n/a n/a n/a

Difficult to let
Local authority stock Number Percentage of stock Change in number from 1985
Oldham 25,590 1,550 6.1 -180
Rochdale 21,638 4,638 21.4 -1,446
Salford 41,712 6,352 15.2 -220
Stockport 16,442 1,750 10.6 264
Tameside 21,054 1,160 5.5 -14
Trafford 13,749 955 6.9 0
Wigan 33,672 6,582 19.5 1,171
County—Lancashire
Blackburn 13,980 2,169 15.5 -283
Blackpool 7,348 0 0.0 0
Burnley 7,297 1,325 18.2 -186
Chorley 4,325 520 12.0 389
Fylde 2,583 0 0.0 0
Hyndburn 4,607 43 0.9 23
Lancaster 5,457 541 9.9 0
Pendle 5,145 486 9.4 -417
Preston 11,083 1,050 9.5 663
Ribble Valley 1,854 0 0.0 0
Rossendale 5,937 675 11.4 3
South Ribble 4,223 0 0.0 0
West Lancashire 10,988 679 6.2 -2
Wyre 3,916 0 0.0 0
County—Merseyside
Knowsley 26,158 2,493 9.5 648
Liverpool 64,836 14,547 22.4 -2,095
St. Helens 20,193 450 2.2 0
Sefton 17,659 2,197 12.4 -184
Wirral 24,601 1,110 4.5 80

n/a = Not available.

Mr. Rooker

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list in the Official Report for each English housing authority (a) the stock, (b) the number of unfit dwellings, (c) the number of dwellings fit but lacking basic amenities and (d) the numbers of non-substandard dwellings in need of renovation, indicating in each case the percentage of total stock affected; and if this number is higher or lower than at the same date in 1985.

Defective dwellings; England April 1986
Local authority Stock Unfit dwellings Fit but lacking basic amenities Non-substandard in need of renovation
Number Number as per cent, of stock Per cent, change in number since 1 April 1985 Number Number as per cent, of stock Per cent, change in number since 1 April 1985 Number Number as per cent, of stock Per cent, change in number since 1 April 1985
REGION—NORTH (EXCLUDING CUMBRIA)
County—Cleveland
Harllepool 34,805 948 2.7 -0.6 1,037 3.0 -0.8 10,081 29.0 -1.2
Langbaurgh 57,000 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Middlesbrough 55,030 190 0.3 0.1 836 1.5 -0.2 15,426 28.0 -12.1
Stockton-on-Tees 67,550 587 0.9 0.0 1,281 1.9 -0.2 7,637 11.3 0.7
County—Durham
Chester-le-Street 20,683 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Darlington 39,189 205 0.5 0.0 1,828 4.7 -0.4 4,393 11.2 -0.5
Derwentside 35,586 389 1.1 -0.1 589 1.7 -0.3 6,179 17.4 -0.1
Durham 32,643 1,203 3.7 0.1 1,471 4.5 -0.2 7,045 21.6 0.4
Easington 39,792 2 0.0 0.0 806 2.0 -0.1 9,699 24.4 -0.7
Sedgefield 35,950 6 0.0 0.0 506 1.4 -0.2 17,612 49.0 -0.5
Teesdale 10,232 103 1.0 0.2 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Wear Valley 26,741 363 1.4 -0.1 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
County—Northumberland
Alnwick 12,523 208 1.7 -0.3 165 1.3 -5.1 1,544 12.3 -1.6
Berwick-upon-Tweed 12,243 183 1.5 0.0 173 1.4 0.0 879 7.2 -0.1
Blyth Valley 30,513 696 2.3 0.0 1,023 3.4 -0.2 5,910 19.4 1.7
Castle Morpeth 18,909 22 0.1 0.0 513 2.7 -0.1 n/a n/a n/a

Mr. John Patten

Local authorities' housing investment programme returns for 1985 and 1986 included their estimates of defective dwellings in their areas at 1 April each year. Numbers reported are not necessarily comparable as authorities' criteria may differ and in total they are not consistent with estimates from the English house condition survey of 1981. The figures requested are as follows:

Local authority Stock Unfit dwellings Fit but lacking basic amenities Non-substandard in need of renovation
Number Number as per cent, of stock Per cent, change in number since 1 April 1985 Number Number as per cent, of stock Per cent, change in number since 1 April 1985 Number Number as per cent, of stock Per cent, change in number since 1 April 1985
Tynedale 22,954 347 1.5 0.0 570 2.5 -0.3 n/a n/a n/a
Wansbeck 25,071 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
County—Tyne and Wear
Gateshead 86,549 1,930 2.2 -0.4 1,426 1.6 -0.1 27,529 31.8 2.7
Newcastle upon Tyne 115,604 6,402 5.5 -0.1 160 0.1 0.0 26,484 22.9 1.3
North Tyneside 82,917 143 0.2 -0.1 1,000 1.2 -0.2 36,955 44.6 -1.7
South Tyneside 63,847 254 0.4 -0.9 719 1.1 0.2 7,206 11.3 -11.2
Sunderland 117,162 2,368 2.0 0.0 2,887 2.5 -0.1 31,579 27.0 -0.5
REGION—YORKS & HUMBERSIDE
County—Humberside
Beverley 41,921 101 0.2 0.0 431 1.0 -0.6 2,279 5.4 -0.1
Boothferry 24,188 n/a n/a n/a 1,030 4.3 -0.4 827 3.4 -1.0
Cleethorpes 26,499 2,276 8.6 0.1 381 1.4 -0.1 8,000 30.2 0.0
East Yorkshire n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Glanford 26,645 122 0.5 0.0 467 1.8 -0.2 532 2.0 0.7
Great Grimsby 34,860 2,402 6.9 0.5 706 2.0 0.0 3,929 11.3 0.6
Holderness 19,129 131 0.7 -0.1 70 0.4 -0.2 n/a n/a n/a
Kingston upon Hull 105,000 6,030 5.7 -1.0 3,683 3.5 -0.2 22,293 21.2 -0.1
Scunthorpe 24,588 219 0.9 0.0 952 3.9 -0.8 8,106 33.0 -1.9
County—North Yorkshire
Craven 20,463 95 0.5 -0.1 127 0.6 -0.3 n/a n/a n/a
Hambleton 29,703 89 0.3 0.0 904 3.0 -0.2 n/a n/a n/a
Harrogate 56,109 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Richmondshire 17,616 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Ryedale 34,053 163 0.5 0.0 887 2.6 -0.2 3,230 9.5 0.5
Scarborough 46,135 900 2.0 -0.2 1,697 3.7 -0.2 6,562 14.2 0.1
Selby 31,193 232 0.7 0.0 1,423 4.6 -0.2 1,733 5.6 -0.4
York 41,442 1,179 2.8 0.0 451 1.1 -0.1 4,411 10.6 0.0
County—South Yorkshire
Barnsley 87,732 7,108 8.1 0.0 2,087 2.4 -0.4 30,829 35.1 9.0
Doncaster 110,845 770 0.7 0.1 6,292 5.7 -0.5 9,450 8.5 -0.8
Rotherham 96,511 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Sheffield 217,364 13,873 6.4 -0.4 3,532 1.6 -0.2 106,724 49.1 0.2
County—West Yorkshire
Bradford 177,261 8,121 4.6 3.0 1,108 0.6 -0.2 23,641 13.3 2.1
Calderdale 77,288 250 0.3 0.0 1,015 1.3 -0.2 17,005 22.0 4.1
Kirklees 150,902 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Leeds 286,000 27,565 9.6 0.2 2,465 0.9 -0.1 100,011 35.0 2.2
Wakefield 120,339 291 0.2 0.0 2,818 2.3 -0.1 42,226 35.1 0.8
REGION—EAST MIDLANDS
County—Derbyshire
Amber Valley 44,591 137 0.3 0.0 915 2.1 -0.5 2,500 5.6 0.0
Bolsover 28,225 1,880 6.7 -0.4 159 0.6 -0.4 1,822 6.5 -5.8
Chesterfield 39,681 1,364 3.4 0.2 1,237 3.1 -0.3 8,889 22.4 5.6
Derby 86,784 2,385 2.7 -0.5 3,796 4.4 -0.7 15,641 18.0 0.2
Erewash 41,429 1,609 3.9 -10 1,236 3.0 -0.4 6,104 14.7 -2.6
High Peak 32,897 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
North East Derbyshire 37,987 151 0.4 0.0 407 1.1 0.0 6,629 17.5 -0.4
South Derbyshire 26,461 1,054 4.0 0.6 1,192 4.5 -0.2 5,763 21.8 0.7
West Derbyshire 27,126 94 0.3 -0.1 707 2.6 -0.4 866 3.2 0.0
County—Leicestershire
Blaby 29,386 230 0.8 -0.3 190 0.6 -0.3 420 1.4 -0.1
Charnwood 54,650 139 0.3 0.0 1,817 3.3 -0.1 1,537 2.8 0.5
Harborough 24,003 607 2.5 -0.1 604 2.5 -0.3 1,200 5.0 -0.4
Hinckley and Bosworth 35,377 946 2.7 -0.1 905 2.6 -0.2 n/a n/a n/a
Leicester 109,226 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Melton 17,008 237 1.4 -0.1 133 0.8 -0.1 975 5.7 -0.2
North West Leicestershire 30,753 325 1.1 0.2 1,279 4.2 -0.8 3,903 12.7 -0.7
Oadby and Wigston 19,623 92 0.5 -0.1 49 0.2 -0.1 101 0.5 -0.4
Rutland 11,829 66 0.6 0.0 195 1.6 -0.1 925 7.8 -0.4
County—Lincolnshire
Boston 21,599 436 2.0 -0.5 142 0.7 -0.2 882 4.1 -0.6
East Lindsey 46,899 556 1.2 -0.2 1,316 2.8 -0.1 12,647 27.0 -1.0
Lincoln 32,655 860 2.6 0.2 1,330 4.1 -0.3 2,502 7.7 -1.0
North Kesteven 31,434 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
South Holland 25,638 420 1.6 0.0 2,550 9.9 -0.4 2,970 11.6 1.6
South Kesteven 40,357 442 1.1 -0.1 966 2.4 -0.3 4,078 10.1 -0.3
West Lindsey 31,788 1,074 3.4 0.1 842 2.6 0.0 8,201 25.8 -0.2
County—Northamptonshire
Corby 19,644 0 0.0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.3 65 0.3 -0.1
Daventry 23,254 540 2.3 -0.1 504 2.2 -0.2 2,564 11.0 -0.8
East Northamptonshire n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Local authority Stock Unfit dwellings Fit but lacking basic amenities Non-substandard in need of renovation
Number Number as per cent, of stock Per cent, change in number since 1 April 1985 Number Number as per cent, of stock Per cent, change in number since 1 April 1985 Number Number as per cent, of stock Per cent, change in number since 1 April 1985
Kettering 29,086 0 0.0 0.0 3,370 11.6 -2.2 2,121 7.3 2.7
Northampton 66,500 1,500 2.3 0.3 2,357 3.5 0.1 4,992 7.5 0.5
South Northamptonshire 25,842 44 0.2 0.0 183 0.7 -0.2 4,046 15.7 -0.5
Wellingborough 25,648 338 1.3 -0.1 696 2.7 -0.3 1,380 5.4 0.5
County—Nottinghamshire
Ashfield 41,686 25 0.1 0.0 2,106 5.1 -0.3 6,311 15.1 0.0
Bassetlaw n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Broxtowe 40,992 189 0.5 0.0 410 1.0 -0.1 2,531 6.2 -0.8
Gedling 42,250 1,849 4.4 0.3 519 1.2 -0.2 6,306 14.9 1.6
Mansfield 40,166 257 0.6 -0.1 180 0.4 0.3 3,141 7.8 2.3
Newark and Sherwood 41,203 260 0.6 0.0 1,625 3.9 -0.1 1,376 3.3 0.2
Nottingham 111,465 473 0.4 -0.1 1,940 1.7 -0.2 30,432 27.3 6.7
Rushcliffe 36,517 75 0.2 0.0 1,540 4.2 0.0 3,195 8.7 -0.2
REGION EASTERN
County—Bedfordshire
Luton 62,812 52 0.1 0.0 2,730 4.3 -0.3 1,413 2.2 -0.4
Mid Bedfordshire 40,420 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
North Bedfordshire 50,630 265 0.5 0.0 780 1.5 -0.1 6,800 13.4 3.6
South Bedfordshire 40,493 56 0.1 0.1 450 1.1 -0.2 2,614 6.5 0.5
County—Buckinghamshire
Aylesbury Vale 50,692 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Chiltern 34,037 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Milton Keynes 58,758 43 0.1 0.0 1,373 2.3 0.0 3,350 5.7 3.7
South Bucks 28,299 68 0.2 0.0 161 0.6 -0.1 562 2.0 -0.2
Wycombe 58,116 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
County—Cambridgeshire
Cambridge 40,484 245 0.6 -0.2 219 0.5 -0.5 4,121 10.2 2.6
East Cambridgeshire 22,586 245 1.1 -0.1 364 1.6 -0.3 4,664 20.6 -1.3
Fenland 28,972 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Huntingdonshire 49,826 560 1.1 0.0 666 1.3 0.0 3,289 6.6 -0.2
Peterborough 56,547 1,315 2.3 -0.9 424 0.7 0.1 11,751 20.8 14.8
South Cambridgeshire 44,390 462 1.0 0.0 1,731 3.9 0.0 3,197 7.2 0.0
County—Essex
Basildon 59,252 240 0.4 0.0 105 0.2 0.0 390 0.7 -0.6
Braintree 44,534 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Brentwood 27,895 44 0.2 -0.1 297 1.1 -0.1 136 0.5 -0.2
Castle Point 32,720 4 0.0 0.0 160 0.5 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0
Chelmsford 55,358 1,413 2.6 0.0 2,055 3.7 0.0 575 1.0 n/a
Colchester 54,245 1,537 2.8 -0.3 550 1.0 -0.1 4,322 8.0 0.7
Epping Forest 46,271 n/a n/a n/a 1,915 4.1 0.6 3,521 7.6 -0.2
Harlow 29,123 2 0.0 0.0 9 0.0 0.0 808 2.8 0.0
Maldon 19,854 22 0.1 0.0 1,072 5.4 -0.4 866 4.4 0.0
Rochford 28,153 37 0.1 n/a 509 1.8 n/a 817 2.9 n/a
Southend-on-Sea 67,239 18 0.0 0.0 883 1.3 -0.1 333 0.5 0.0
Tendring 57,138 398 0.7 0.0 1,220 2.1 -0.2 3,519 6.2 0.0
Thurrock 46,864 2,471 5.3 0.0 2,170 4.6 -0.8 6,222 13.3 0.0
Uttlesford 23,989 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
County—Hertfordshire
Broxbourne 30,160 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Dacorum 51,586 890 1.7 0.0 82 0.2 0.0 1,304 2.5 0.2
East Hertfordshire 42,825 1,474 3.4 -0.3 313 0.7 -0.1 5,670 13.2 4.0
Hertsmere 34,046 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
North Hertfordshire 43,013 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
St. Albans 47,746 1.0 0.0 0.0 650 1.4 -0.2 1,250 2.6 -0.3
Stevenage 28,080 20 0.1 0.1 300 1.1 0.0 1,238 4.4 0.9
Three Rivers 29,213 80 0.3 0.0 104 0.4 -0.1 2,575 8.8 3.4
Watford 28,781 0 0.0 0.0 529 1.8 -0.2 3,799 13.2 0.1
Welwyn Hatfield 36,331 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
County—Norfolk
Breckland 41,100 565 1.4 -0.3 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Broadland 39,960 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Great Yarmouth 35,373 505 1.4 0.2 2,128 6.0 -0.5 8,974 25.4 -0.4
Kings Lynn and West Norfolk 52,750 745 1.4 -0.4 2,733 5.2 -0.5 3,359 6.4 -0.4
North Norfolk 40,091 1,369 3.4 0.2 1,215 3.0 -0.6 5,790 14.4 7.3
Norwich 52,843 n/a n/a n/a 4,885 9.2 -0.2 7,591 14.4 -1.2
South Norfolk n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
County—Suffolk
Babergh 30,289 666 2.2 0.0 662 2.2 -0.2 1,987 6.6 -0.2
Forest Heath 20,683 235 1.1 -0.1 821 4.0 0.0 1,009 4.9 1.1
Ipswich 48,711 230 0.5 0.0 3,754 7.7 -0.8 13,420 27.6 -3.0
Mid Suffolk 28,671 1,865 6.5 1.2 827 2.9 -0.1 7,922 27.6 -2.7
St. Edmundsbury 34,600 198 0.6 -0.7 1,344 3.9 -0.2 3,289 9.5 -2.4
Suffolk Coastal 42,512 350 0.8 0.0 850 2.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a

Local authority Stock Unfit dwellings Fit but lacking bask amenities Non-substandard in need of renovation
Number Number as per cent, of stock Per cent, change in number since 1 April 1985 Number Number as per cent, of stock Per cent, change in number since 1 April 1985 Number Number as per cent, of stock Per cent, change in number since I April 1985
Waveney 43,958 409 0.9 >0.0 1,615 3.7 -0.4 n/a n/a n/a
REGION—GREATER LONDON
County—Greater London
City of London 3,261 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
Barking and Dagenham 58,699 1,335 2.3 0.0 1,325 2.3 -14.6 24,097 41.1 24.9
Barnel 117,497 1,940 1.7 -71 2,100 1.8 -05 15,000 12.8 -9.3
Bex ley 82,337 1,753 2.1 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 9,287 11.3 -0.3
Bexley 93,350 4,400 4.7 -3.2 1,000 1.1 -0.3 23,550 25.2 0.9
Bromley n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Camden 83,840 11,802 14.1 1.0 2,054 2.4 -0.1 16,318 19.5 0.8
Croydon 124,500 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Eaiing 105,575 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Enfield 101,782 3,240 3.2 -0.7 n/a n/a n/a 7,830 7.7 -1.2
Greenwich 87,158 4,558 5.2 0.0 1,335 1.5 -30 15,204 17.4 0.0
Hackney 76,800 15,240 19.8 -0.7 2,140 2.8 -0.3 22,140 28.8 -3.1
Hammersmith and Fulham 70,365 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Haringey 82,521 10,961 13.3 -0.4 3,256 3.9 -0.2 20,142 24.4 1.3
Harrow 76,378 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Havering 89,899 1,814 20 -0.2 966 1.1 -0.2 16,303 18.1 0.2
Hillingdon 93,060 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Hounslow 80,542 3,560 4.4 -0.4 4,955 6.2 -0.2 20,693 25.7 0.1
Islington 74,969 6,352 8.5 -6.0 1,301 1.7 -1.5 21,165 28.2 11.7
Kensington and Chelsea 76,000 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Kingston upon Thames 55,423 251 0.5 0.0 668 1.2 -0.2 4,374 7.9 1.1
Lambeth 109,481 17,567 16.0 0.8 3,486 3.2 -0.2 6,724 6.1 -8.0
Lewisham 96,375 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Merton 68,314 2,085 3.1 -0.7 2,401 3.5 -0.2 8,082 11.8 -0.4
Newham 83,867 21,083 25.1 8.2 2,835 3.4 -6.1 22,870 27.3 -2.2
Redbridge 88,700 1,678 1.9 -0.4 1,933 2.2 -0.4 6,764 7.6 -0.1
Richmond upon Thames 73,169 6,567 9.0 1.4 1,145 1.6 -0.4 10,142 13.9 2.8
South wark 94,000 14,668 15.6 0.3 3,036 3.2 -1.7 16,341 17.4 3.6
Sutton 67,990 3,060 4.5 03 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Tower Hamlets 62,349 6,777 10.9 0.0 3,672 5.9 0.0 20,483 32.9 0.0
Waltham Forest 86,868 6,387 7.4 -3.4 2,832 3.3 -0.5 18,600 21.4 4.7
Wandsworlh 109,394 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Westminster 102,294 1,814 1.8 -0.5 7,677 7.5 -0.5 15,112 14.8 0.5
REGION—SOUTH EASTERN
County—Berkshire
Bracknell 33,459 65 0.2 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Newbury 47,894 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Reading 52,100 3,130 6.0 2.5 1,490 2.9 0.8 13,920 26.7 10.7
Slough 35,947 26 0.1 0.0 360 1.0 -0.1 1,103 3.1 n/a
Windsor and Maidenhead 52,519 100 0.2 0.0 1,193 2.3 -0.1 929 1.8 -0.1
Wokingham 45,446 199 0.4 0.0 478 1.1 0.0 2,133 4.7 0.0
County—East Sussex
Brighton 63,972 4,021 6.3 -0.8 2,203 3.4 -0.2 15,351 24.0 4.2
Eastbourne 35,982 55 0.2 0.0 2,229 6.2 -0.2 6,177 17.2 1.1
Hastings 33,846 2,201 6.5 -0.3 950 2.8 0.0 2,559 7.6 0.1
Hove 40,433 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Lewes 34,564 30 0.1 0.0 166 0.5 0.0 2,387 6.9 -0.4
Rother 35,872 352 1.0 0.0 638 1.8 -0.1 376 1.0 -0.4
Wealden 49,631 596 1.2 -0.1 958 1.9 -0.1 4,505 9.1 -0.2
County—Hampshire
Basingstoke and Deane 50,975 318 0.6 -0.1 287 0.6 -0.1 5,338 10.5 -0.6
East Hampshire 37,115 598 1.6 0.0 980 2.6 0.0 4,250 11.5 0.0
Eastleigh 38,037 18 0.0 0.0 2,134 5.6 -0.1 3,366 8.8 -0.4
Fareham 35,338 48 0.1 0.0 180 0.5 -0.2 739 2.1 0.3
Gosport 30,561 217 0.7 0.0 767 2.5 -0.2 1,103 3.6 -1.9
Hart 28,457 5.1 0.2 -0.1 225 0.8 0.0 700 2.5 -0.2
Havanl 45,832 204 0.4 0.3 150 0.3 -0.1 2,924 6.4 0.3
New Forest 64,744 903 1.4 0.1 482 0.7 -0.1 5,342 8.3 0.0
Portsmouth 73,750 2,228 3.0 0.0 4,522 6.1 0.0 n/a n/a n/a
Rushmoor 28,289 143 0.5 0.1 327 1.2 -0.1 2,433 8.6 -1.5
Southampton 80,100 1,400 1.7 0.0 4,500 5.6 0.0 14,700 18.4 0.5
Test Valley 35,573 235 0.7 0.0 181 0.5 0.0 3,932 11.1 -0.8
Winchester 37,855 1,344 3.6 -0.2 522 1.4 -0.1 759 2.0 -0.2
County—Isle of Wight
Medina 29,450 122 0.4 0.0 1,210 4.1 -0.4 4,383 14.9 -0.2
South Wight 21,896 62 0.3 0.0 140 0.6 -02 2,024 9.2 -4.5
County—Kent
Ashford 35,307 620 1.8 0.1 1,540 4.4 -0.3 3,414 9.7 2.7
Canterbury 49,584 368 0.7 0.0 1,299 2.6 -0.3 3,556 7.2 -0.2
Dartford 29,079 100 0.3 0.0 820 2.8 -0.5 n/a n/a n/a
Dover 42,079 700 1.7 -0.2 819 1.9 -0.3 3,168 7.5 -0.7
Gillingham 35,938 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Local authority Stock Unfit dwellings Fit but lacking basic amenities Non-substandard in need of renovation
Number Number as per cent, of stock Per cent, change in number since 1 April 1985 Number Number as per cent, of stock Per cent, change in number since 1 April 1985 Number Number as per cent, of stock Per cent, change in number since 1 April 1985
Gravesham 36,029 141 0.4 -0.1 656 1.8 -04 1,913 5.3 -0.6
Maidstone 50,020 2,100 4.2 -0.3 1,343 2.7 -0.2 2,338 4.7 -0.3
Rochester upon Medway 55,422 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Sevenoaks 41,763 103 0.2 0.0 1,716 4.1 -0.2 1,792 4.3 0.0
Shepway 39,282 181 0.5 0.0 1,049 2.7 -0.1 6,407 16.3 -0.6
Swale 44,706 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Thanet 52,334 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Tonbridge and Mailing 37,532 99 0.3 0.0 1,572 4.2 -0.4 3,514 9.4 0.7
Tunbridge Wells 39,116 208 0.5 0.0 1,444 3.7 -0.2 1,942 5.0 -0.1
County—Oxfordshire
Cherwell 42,363 340 0.8 0.0 690 1.6 0.0 4,246 10.0 0.2
Oxford 37,653 1,539 4.1 0.0 714 1.9 -0.1 10,367 27.5 1.9
South Oxfordshire 50,392 1,100 2.2 -0.1 1,301 2.6 -0.2 100 0.2 -4.1
Vale of While Horse 39,114 1,150 2.9 0.4 761 1.9 0.0 1,712 4.4 1.1
West Oxfordshire 32,808 625 1.9 0.0 166 0.5 -0.1 2,228 6.8 -0.3
County—Surrey
Elmbridge 46,479 142 0.3 0.0 312 0.7 -0.2 1,283 2.8 0.1
Epsom and Ewell 25,890 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Guildford 48,747 513 1.1 0.0 1,654 3.4 n/a 7,535 15.5 n/a
Mole Valley 30,364 120 0.4 -0.4 202 0.7 -0.2 2,001 6.6 -0.7
Reigate and Banstead 44,817 221 0.5 0.0 1,079 2.4 -0.1 1,337 3.0 -0.3
Runnymede 28,766 171 0.6 0.0 1,476 5.1 -0.2 1,254 4.4 -0.5
Spelthorne 36,577 n/a n/a n/a 160 0.4 -0.2 n/a n/a n/a
Surrey Heath 28,609 19 0.1 0.0 418 1.5 -0.2 472 1.6 0.4
Tandridge 28,802 72 0.2 -0.1 178 0.6 0.0 807 2.8 -0.1
Waverley 44,041 4.0 0.1 0.0 1,454 3.3 -0.1 1,180 2.7 0.0
Woking 33,355 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
County—West Sussex
Adur 24,966 69 0.3 0.0 165 0.7 0.0 n/a n/a n/a
Arun 56,610 32 0.1 0.0 520 0.9 -0.1 830 1.5 0.0
Chichester 42,520 72 0.2 0.0 684 1.6 -0.1 n/a n/a n/a
Crawley 32,360 3 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Horsham 41,782 155 0.4 0.0 480 1.1 -0.1 1,552 3.7 0.2
Mid Sussex 44,804 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Worthing 42,120 1,500 3.6 -0.1 604 1.4 -0.1 4,085 9.7 -0.7
REGION—SOUTH WEST
County—Avon
Bath n/a 679 n/a n/a 2,697 n/a n/a 2,786 n/a n/a
Bristol 160,075 10,800 6.7 0.0 3,200 20 0.0 27,200 17.0 0.1
Kingswood 33,451 n/a n/a n/a 900 2.7 -0.1 n/a n/a n/a
Northavon 44,580 294 0.7 -0.1 1,646 3.7 -0.2 3,593 8.1 -0.1
Wansdyke 29,444 65 0.2 0.0 473 1.6 -0.1 4,600 15.6 2.5
Woodspring 65,573 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
County—Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
Caradon 30,626 2,360 7.7 0.2 2,100 6.9 -0.2 2,200 7.2 0.5
Carrick 33,086 500 1.5 -0.1 2,400 7.3 0.0 2,000 6.0 0.0
Kerrior 35,256 708 2.0 1.0 1,975 5.6 -0.6 4,691 13.3 8.7
North Cornwall 29,984 452 1.5 -0.1 639 2.1 -0.3 6,376 21.3 -0.1
Pen with 25,900 1,251 4.8 0.1 1,419 5.5 -0.4 4,234 16.3 -0.1
Restormel 33,571 1,259 3.8 -0.1 1,323 3.9 -0.5 5,796 17.3 -0.6
Isles of Scilly 850 0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
County—Devon
East Devon 48,634 1,348 2.8 0.0 67 0.1 -0.1 4,191 8.6 0.0
Exeter 37,650 167 0.4 -0.1 1,068 2.8 -0.1 2,076 5.5 -17.8
Mid Devon 24,169 419 1.7 0.0 678 2.8 -0.3 672 2.8 -0.4
North Devon 32,854 510 1.6 -4.1 850 2.6 -1.3 3,590 10.9 -9.5
Plymouth 93,955 3,145 3.3 0.0 1,578 1.7 -0.3 19,455 20.7 -1.5
South Hams 32,028 150 0.5 0.0 250 0.8 0.0 1,800 5.6 -1.1
Teignbridge n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Torbay 51,250 602 1.2 0.1 1,083 2.1 1.7 8,297 16.2 -3.5
Torridge 20,503 955 4.7 -0.5 1,395 6.8 -0.5 6,411 31.3 -0.5
West Devon 17,770 530 3.0 1.4 81 0.5 -1.7 1,642 9.2 0.5
County—Dorset
Bournemouth 62,828 60 0.1 0.0 2,504 4.0 -30 31,840 50.7 38.0
Christchurch 23,415 2 0.0 0.0 4.0 0.2 -0.1 641 2.7 -5.8
North Dorset 19,921 90 0.5 0.0 500 2.5 -0.3 872 4.4 2.1
Poole 53,842 67 0.1 0.0 662 1.2 -0.1 5,100 9.5 4.9
Purbeck 17,740 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
West Dorset 34,294 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Weymouth and Portland 24,250 96 0.4 0.2 715 2.9 -0.2 1,471 6.1 -2.2
Wimborne 31,173 360 1.2 0.0 69 0.2 0.0 n/a n/a n/a
County—Gloucestershire
Cheltenham 36,056 622 1.7 -0.1 801 2.2 -0.2 6,552 18.2 -0.3

Local authority Stock Unfit dwellings Fit but lacking basic amenities Non-substandard in need of renovation
Number Number as per cent, of stock Per cent, change in number since 1 April 1985 Number Number as per cent, of stock Per cent, change in number since 1 April 1985 Number Number as per cent, of stock Per cent, change in number since 1 April 1985
Cotswold 29,455 423 1.4 n/a 214 0.7 n/a 4,393 14.9 8.0
Forest of Dean 28,611 582 2.0 -0.1 n/a n/a n/a 3,206 11.2 -0.5
Gloucester 34,665 570 1.6 0.3 485 1.4 0.0 6,250 18.0 2.7
Stroud 41,700 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Tewkesbury 33,000 111 0.3 0.1 499 1.5 -0.1 3,368 10.2 0.2
County—Somerset
Mendip 35,526 3,977 11.2 10.9 1,064 3.0 0.1 3,791 10.7 -0.4
Sedgemoor 37,517 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
South Somerset 55,608 156 0.3 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Taunton Deane 36,610 1,647 4.5 0.1 1,098 3.0 -0.4 7,322 20.0 0.4
West Somerset 13,740 90 0.7 n/a 475 3.5 n/a 1,080 7.9 -0.7
County—Wiltshire
Kennet 26,355 110 0.4 0.0 2,125 8.1 0.0 3,491 13.2 -4.1
North Wiltshire 40,882 1,072 2.6 -0.6 435 1.1 -0.2 4,629 11.3 2.3
Salisbury 40,905 84 0.2 n/a 708 1.7 n/a 1,563 3.8 n/a
Thamesdown 64,593 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
West Wiltshire 39,517 1,750 4.4 -0.3 741 1.9 -0.2 4,988 12.6 0.7
REGION—WEST MIDLANDS
County—Hereford and Worcester
Bromsgrove 33,255 24 0.1 0.0 127 0.4 0.0 2,044 6.1 -0.4
Hereford 19,684 328 1.7 -0.1 219 1.1 -0.4 1,410 7.2 -0.1
Leominster 15,417 1,576 10.2 -0.2 300 1.9 0.0 415 2.7 -0.5
Malvern Hills 37,287 3,283 8.8 -0.6 805 2.2 -0.1 n/a n/a n/a
Redditch 27,761 116 0.4 -0.2 531 1.9 -0.1 2,303 8.3 1.3
South Herefordshire 18,989 1,153 6.1 1.5 1,884 9.9 2.5 1,105 5.8 -0.1
Worcester 29,796 506 1.7 0.I 558 1.9 -0.2 6,372 21.4 -1.1
Wychavon 38,008 200 0.5 0.0 1,800 4.7 -0.4 4,224 11.1 -0.3
Wyre Forest 36,331 452 1.2 - 0.1 2,209 6.1 -0.2 6,821 18.8 3.3
County—Shropshire
Bridgnorth 19,072 352 1.8 -0.2 279 1.5 -0.3 1,881 9.9 0.0
North Shropshire n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a rila
Oswestry 12,692 621 4.9 0.0 525 4.1 -0.3 n/a n/a n/a
Shrewsbury and Ateham 35,158 423 1.2 0.0 323 0.9 -0.2 10,002 28.4 -0.2
South Shropshire 15,378 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
The Wrekin 49,550 995 2.0 0.1 540 1.1 -0.1 6,192 12.5 0.0
County—Staffordshire
Cannock Chase 31,437 70 0.2 0.0 320 1.0 -0.3 1,139 3.6 -0.2
East Staffordshire 37,234 399 1.1 -0.1 3,090 8.3 -0.6 4,657 12.5 3.0
Lichfield 32,795 n/a n/a n/a 10 0.0 0.0 2,210 6.7 0.0
Newcastle-under-Lyme 47,500 405 0.9 0.0 1,550 33 -0.2 6,250 13.2 0.5
South Staffordshire 38,442 313 0.8 0.0 279 0.7 -0.2 836 2.2 0.4
Stafford 44,994 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Staffordshire Moorlands n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Stoke-on-Trent 100,318 n/a n/a n/a 9,634 9.6 -0.9 44,039 43.9 0.0
Tamworth 24,630 900 3.7 0.1 100 0.4 -0.6 2,978 12.1 -1.7
County—Warwickshire
North Warwickshire 22,583 95 0.4 0.0 392 1.7 0.1 1,092 4.8 -0.1
Nuneaton and Bedworth 43,026 618 1.4 0.0 554 1.3 -0.1 7,036 16.4 -1.8
Rugby 32,770 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Stratford-on Avon 41,081 758 1.8 0.1 475 1.2 0.0 2,954 7.2 -0.9
Warwick 45,551 291 0.6 0.0 155 0.3 -0.1 4,386 9.6 0.6
County—West Midlands
Birmingham 390,150 45,290 11.6 0.3 11,980 3.1 1.0 104,300 26.7 0.7
Coventry 121,130 944 0.8 0.0 4,935 4.1 -0.4 4,182 3.5 -7.8
Dudley 118,579 5,140 43 -0.1 2,695 2.3 -1.5 5,532 4.7 0.0
Sandwell 119,598 n/a n/a n/a 4,807 4.0 -0.4 n/a n/a n/a
Solihull 76,003 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Walsall 97,303 6,471 6.7 -0.1 2,067 2.1 -0.1 12,843 13.2 0.6
Wolverhampton 98,146 8,314 8.5 0.0 3,247 3.3 -1.0 7,579 7.7 -0.2
REGION—NORTH WEST (INCLUDING CUMBRIA)
County—Cheshire
Chester 45,886 1,094 2.4 -0.3 1,071 2.3 -0.3 6,601 14.4 9.1
Congleton 31,726 249 0.8 0.0 426 1.3 0.3 496 1.6 0.2
Crewe and Nantwich 39,800 318 0.8 0.0 942 2.4 -1.1 7,221 18.1 -3.6
Ellesmere Port and Neston 30,640 27 0.1 0.0 470 1.5 -0.1 1,374 4.5 -0.2
Halton 45,430 200 0.4 0.0 358 0.8 -0.1 5,115 11.3 2.1
Macclesfield 59,164 2,749 4.6 3.0 1,482 2.5 -0.7 n/a n/a n/a
Vale Royal 43,342 262 0.6 -0.1 1,319 3.0 -0.1 3,715 8.6 -0.5
Warrington 68,762 2,773 4.0 -0.2 1,496 2.2 -0.5 15,395 22.4 6.9
County—Cumbria
Allerdale 38,632 3,125 8.1 -0.4 569 1.5 -03 9,679 251 -3.4
Barrow-in-Furness 29,271 87 0.3 -0.2 700 2.4 1.4 7,653 26.1 3.3

Local authority Stock Unfit dwellings Fit but lacking basic amenities Non-substandard in need of renovation
Number Number as per cent, of stock Per cent, change in number since 1 April 1985 Number Number as per cent, of stock Per cent, change in number since 1 April 1985 Number Number as per cent, of stock Per cent, change in number since 1 April 1985
Carlisle 40,873 857 2.1 -0.1 2,108 5.2 -0.6 5,898 14.4 0.5
Copeland 27,754 131 0.5 0.1 815 2.9 -01 3,987 14.4 -1.4
Eden 18,691 293 1.6 -01 580 3.1 0.0 n/a n/a n/a
South Lakeland 41,193 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
County—Greater Manchester
Bolton 104,031 13,050 12.5 0.6 1,130 1.1 -0.3 36,977 35.5 6.1
Bury 68,292 851 1.2 -03 949 1.4 -0.1 11,135 16.3 1.7
Manchester 184,242 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Oldham 86,994 4,777 5.5 -0.2 3,370 3.9 -03 16,206 18.6 -0.7
Rochdale 81,525 5,198 64 -0.3 282 0.3 -09 15,892 19.5 2.0
Salford 95,223 3,997 4.2 1.9 1,905 2.0 -0.1 9,734 10.2 0.4
Stockport 113,158 3,816 3.4 n/a 1,409 12 n/a 15,181 13.4 n/a
Tameside 85,836 5,250 6.1 0.0 1,835 2.1 -0.3 26,300 30.6 1.7
Trafford 85,850 1,972 2.3 -03 8,063 9.4 -1.0 17,727 20.6 1.9
Wigan 118,593 3,039 2.6 0.1 2,891 2.4 -0.3 20,961 17.7 0.0
County—Lancashire
Blackburn 54,798 5,683 10.4 0.5 3,411 6.2 -0.6 12,499 22.8 5.8
Blackpool 62,360 283 0.5 0.0 480 0.8 -0.1 3,027 4.9 0.4
Burnley 37,842 1,344 3.6 0.1 1,379 3.6 -0.3 9,386 24.8 5.9
Chorley 35,566 1,600 4.5 0.1 2,614 7.3 -0.6 4,763 13.4 -0.1
Fylde 29,560 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Hyndburn 32,009 3,583 11.2 2.5 1,094 3.4 -08 8,504 26.6 0.5
Lancaster 49,787 n/a nia n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Pendle 35,282 1,135 3.2 0.1 2,043 5.8 -0.3 10,706 30.3 3.0
Preston 51,377 482 0.9 0.1 2,392 4.7 0.0 7,047 13.7 -1.3
Ribble Valley 19,266 30 0.2 0.0 742 3.9 -0.3 866 4.5 - 0.1
Rossendale 26,508 2,014 7.6 1.4 143 0.5 -7.9 15,014 56.6 35.5
South Ribble 37,527 1.1 0.0 0.0 346 0.9 0.0 8,009 21.3 -0.3
West Lancashire 39,806 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Wyre 39,764 405 1.0 0.0 304 0.8 0.0 781 2.0 -0.1
County—Merseyside
Knowsley 58,128 1,090 1.9 0.2 393 0.7 -0.3 8,133 14.0 -2.0
Liverpool 197,860 10,656 5.4 3.4 3,865 2.0 -0.7 35,614 18.0 -0.6
St. Helens 69,758 4,379 6.3 0.2 6,318 9.1 -2.8 23,116 33.1 0.5
Sefton 114,262 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Wirral 136,009 4,683 3.4 0.0 2,196 1.6 -0.3 29,976 22.0 2.2