HC Deb 15 February 1989 vol 147 c275W
Mr. Battle

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many households were registered on local authority housing waiting lists on 1 April 1988 in(a) Greater London, (b) the south east outside London, (c) East Anglia, (d) the east midlands, (e) the west midlands, (f) the south west, (g) the north west, (h) the north, (i) Yorkshire and Humberside and (j) England as a whole.

Mr. Trippier

This information is reported by local authorities in their annual Housing Investment

New secure tenants of which homeless households New non secure tenants of which homeless households National mobility scheme of which homeless households Nominations to Housing Associalions2 of which homeless households
(i) Greater London 28,300 17,300 4,400 3,400 3,800 900 3,300 1,100
(ii) Metropolitan Outside London 90,700 20,900 1,700 600 1,800 1 8,100 800
(iii) Non Met areas in South East 27,700 8,000 3,500 2,800 1,200 1 1,700 200
(iv) All non Metropolitan 110,100 26,700 6,800 5,000 3,800 1 7,700 500
(v) England 229,000 64,900 12,900 9,000 9,400 1,000 19,100 2,400
1 Nil or negligible
2 Nominations to new town dwellings were not counted in 1987–88

Total households accepted as homeless of which in priority need Dwellings vacant and available for letting on 1 April 1987 Dwellings management newly built Coming into which were acquisition etc. Other Total dwellings available for letting 1 April 1987 to 31 March 1989 ( thousand)
(i) Greater London 31,100 30,300 4,800 1,400 2,900 57,000 66,100
(ii) Metropolitan Outside London 36,400 28,800 10,700 2,200 4,900 162,100 179,800
(iii) Non Metropolitan areas in South East 17,800 16,700 3,700 5,700 1,900 58,300 69,700
(iv) All non Metropolitan 50,400 47,400 12,100 12,600 5,900 201,000 231,700
(v) England 117,900 106,500 27,600 16,200 13,700 420,200 477,600