§ Mr. DenhamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment pursuant to his answer of 26 June,Official Report, column 541, if he will list by local authority in England and Wales (a) the total value of indemnities given on mortgages under section 442 of the Housing Act 1985 and (b) the total value of indemnities given on loans for all purposes. [32340]
§ Mr. Robert B. Jones[holding answer 4 July 1995]: The available information on the total value of 333W indemnities given on mortgages under section 442 of the Housing Act 1985 between April 1986 and 31 March 1995 is given in the table. This is based on data as reported by local authorities during the course of the year and does not incorporate any estimation for non-response.
Information on the value of indemnities given on other types of loan is not collected.
Information in respect of Welsh local authorities is the responsibility of my hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.
Mortgage indemnity agreements entered into by local authorities England: April 1986-March 1995 Total value £000 Basildon 12 Bolton 2,438 Broadland 21 Bromsgrove 18 Broxbourne 6,747 Calderdale 1,175 Cherwell 751 Cleethorpes 18 Crawley 1,715 Crewe and Nantwich 3 Derby 275 Dudley 1,050 Easington 65 Ellesmere Port 100 Elmsbridge 684 Guildford 780 Hammersmith 60 Hertsmere 1,098 Kings Lynn 104 Kirklees 10 Knowsley 1,648 Langbaurgh 594 Leicester 143 Malvern Hills 6 Manchester 13 Middlesborough 213 North Warwickshire 220 Oldham 22 Preston 970 Reading 263 Reigate and Banstead 50 Rossendale 412 Rushcliffe 8,286 Salisbury 322 South Hams 581 South Kesteven 534 South Wight 693 Spelthorne 2,436 St. Edmundsbury 482 Staffordshire Moorlands 94 Stockton on Tees 514 Tameside 164 Tendring 1,064 The Wrekin 46 Torridge 54 Wandsworth 7,820 Wealden 174 West Devon 871 Westminster 1,616 Windsor and Maidenhead 576 Woking 1,294 Woodspring 13 England total 49,312 Source:
P1B Housing returns.
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