HC Deb 12 November 1997 vol 300 cc546-9W
Ms Buck

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what was the total number of households(a) nationally and (b) in each London local authority area in respect of which local authorities accepted a duty in each of the last three years where the cause of homelessness was (i) the termination of a private sector assured shorthold tenancy and (ii) housing benefit restrictions. [14819]

Mr. Raynsford

The table below provides the available data on the numbers of households accepted as homeless and in priority need under the homelessness provisions of the 1985 and 1996 Housing Acts for the calendar years 1994, 1995, 1996 and the first 6 months of 1997. The table also shows the numbers of household where the main reason for the loss of their last settled home was the ending of an assured shorthold tenancy. The data collected on the reasons for homelessness do not separately identify where the loss of previous accommodation was attributed to housing benefit restrictions.

1994
Total priority need acceptances Number of these where the reason was the ending of an assured shorthold tenancy1
England 118,490 11,830
Barking and Dagenham 280 13
Barnet 648 54
Bexley 156 24
Brent 1,162 163
Bromley 671 97
Camden 1,496 18
City of London 40 1
Croydon 1,272 70
Ealing 1,226 141
Enfield 1,069 65
Greenwich 960 48
Hackney 1,741 134
Hammersmith and Fulham 963 87
Haringey 1,551 93
Harrow 454 50
Havering 325 31
Hillingdon 815 143
Hounslow 942 6
Islington No returns No returns
Kensington and Chelsea 3416 2227
Kingston upon Thames 331 12
Lambeth 1,600 8
Lewisham 3581 347
Merton 291 15
Newham No returns No returns
Redbridge 461 52
Richmond upon Thames 307 29
Southwark 1,453 387
Sutton 264 32
Tower Hamlets 3555 227
Waltham Forest 686 41
Wandsworth 761 216
Westminster 1,257 144
1The figures for 1994 to 1996 may include a small number of households accepted for rehousing who were not in priority need.
2Data for three quarters only.
3Data for two quarters only.
1995
Total priority need acceptances Number of these where the reason was the ending of an assured shorthold tenancy1
England 117,490 13,110
Barking and Dagenham 176 15
Barnet 872 138
Bexley 147 41
Brent 1,184 149
Bromley 564 81
Camden 1,474 51
City of London 18 3
Croydon 916 39
Ealing 1,036 158
Enfield 761 83
Greenwich 860 56
Hackney 1,326 83
Hammersmith and Fulham 807 56
Haringey No returns No returns
Harrow 508 73
Havering 350 62
Hillingdon 973 130
Hounslow 964 24
Islington 2926 251
Kensington and Chelsea 442 31
Kingston upon Thames 419 29
Lambeth 1,439 7
Lewisham 2805 285
Merton 325 38
Newham No returns No returns
Redbridge 435 65
Richmond upon Thames 364 58
Southwark 1,328 290
Sutton 302 36
Tower Hamlets 821 17
Waltham Forest 586 75
Wandsworth 627 0
Westminster 1,240 171
1 The figures for 1994 to 1996 may include a small number of households accepted for re-housing who were not in priority need.
2Data for three quarters only.
1996
Total priority need acceptances Number of these where the reason was the ending of an assured shorthold tenancy1
England 113,560 13,730
Barking and Dagenham 170 8
Barnet 961 148
Bexley 173 74
Brent 1,314 157
Bromley 620 95
Camden 1,379 60
City of London 17 1
Croydon 1,305 75
Ealing 1,368 251
Enfield 833 73
Greenwich 1,081 64
Hackney 2830 373
Hammersmith and
Fulham 630 40
Haringey No returns No returns
Harrow 502 85
Havering 2275 228
Hillingdon 897 138
Hounslow 1,088 42
1996
Total priority need acceptances Number of these where the reason was the ending of an assured shorthold tenancy1
Islington 1,042 71
Kensington and Chelsea 613 45
Kingston upon Thames 2247 220
Lambeth 1,022 10
Lewisham 846 74
Merton 340 41
Newham 4224 41
Redbridge 324 72
Richmond upon Thames 472 71
Southwark 2719 322
Sutton 412 74
Tower Hamlets 2536 217
Waltham Forest 618 64
Wandsworth 670 2
Westminster 1,314 220
1 The figures for 1994 to 1996 may include a small number of households accepted for re-housing who were not in priority need.
2Data for three quarters only.
3Data for two quarters only.
4Data for one quarter only.
1997—first 6 months
Total priority need acceptances Number of these where the reason was the ending of an assured shorthold tenancy1
England 52,200 6,760
Barking and Dagenham 117 7
Barnet 2198 231
Bexley 81 34
Brent 726 110
Bromley 276 49
Camden 630 45
City of London 17 1
Croydon 2121 26
Ealing 357 62
Enfield 2163 231
Greenwich 506 48
Hackney 2129 220
Hammersmith and Fulham 300 20
Haringey No returns No returns
Harrow 281 57
Havering 147 20
Hillingdon 450 61
Hounslow 564 48
Islington 491 33
Kensington and Chelsea No returns No returns
Kingston upon Thames 178 23
Lambeth No returns No returns
Lewisham 2159 216
Merton 126 13
Newham No returns No returns
Redbridge 126 27
Richmond upon Thames 236 41
Southwark No returns No returns
Sutton 161 28
Tower Hamlets No returns No returns
Waltham Forest 362 37
Wandsworth 263 2
Westminster 581 124
1 The figures for 1994 to 1996 may include a small number of households accepted for re-housing who were not in priority need.
2 Data for one quarter only.