§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many units of social housing have been built in the Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council area in each of the last five years. [27570]
§ Mr. RaynsfordThe table shows figures of housebuilding completions (i.e. new build only) as reported to the Department by Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council and the National House Building Council:
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council: social housing new build: completions Number of dwellings Year Registered social landlords: housing associations Local authority 1993 59 0 1994 188 0 1995 109 0 1996 109 0 1997 217 0
§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1) what is the total number of registered homeless people in the Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council area; [27571]
(2) how many people have been accepted onto the homeless register of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council in each of the last five years. [27574]
§ Mr. RaynsfordThe table 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 in Basingstoke and Deane for the calendar years 1992 to 1996 and the first 9 months of 1997.
Year Homelessness acceptances 1992 159 1993 206 1994 185 1995 175 1996 175 19971 105 1 Data for the first 3 quarters only. Under Part VI of the Housing Act 1996 authorities must establish and maintain a housing register for the purpose of allocating their housing accommodation but there is no statutory obligation for local housing authorities to hold a register of homeless applicants. Accommodation secured as a discharge of a homelessness duty need not be a tenancy allocated under Part VI of the 1996 Act.
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§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1) how many properties formerly owned by Government departments have been made available to(a) the council and (b) housing associations in the Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council area in the last three years; [27572]
(2) how many properties formerly owned by government departments have been made available to (a) the council and (b) housing associations in the Fareham Borough Council area. [28368]
§ Mr. RaynsfordThis information is not held centrally.
§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what representations he has received in the last three years from(a) public bodies, (b) voluntary organisations, (c) the private sector and (d) local associations in the Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council area about housing needs for that area. [27576]
§ Mr. RaynsfordThe Secretary of State receives a number of representations from groups and information is not held centrally in the format requested about housing needs.
§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what assessment he has made of the number of properties that are underoccupied in Basingstoke and Deane Borough; and if he will make a statement. [27916]
§ Mr. RaynsfordNeither the Secretary of State nor the Local Authority have made any robust assessment of the number of properties that are under-occupied in Basingstoke and Deane Borough.
§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many people are on the housing transfer list of the Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council; and what were the equivalent figures at the same time in each of the last five years. [27917]
§ Mr. RaynsfordThe information requested is not collected centrally.
§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what assessment he has made of the number of properties that are underoccupied in(a) Eastleigh Borough, (b) New Forose District, (c) Havant Borough and (d) Test Valley Borough; and if he will make a statement. [28149]
§ Mr. RaynsfordNeither the Secretary of State nor the Local Authority have made any robust assessment of the number of properties that are under-occupied in(a) Eastleigh Borough, (b) New Forose District, (c) Havant Borough, (d) Test Valley Borough.
§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what are the total numbers of registered homeless people in the(a) Eastleigh Borough (b) New Forose District, (c) Havant Borough and (d) Test Valley Borough council areas. [28150]
§ Mr. RaynsfordI refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 10 February 1998,Official Report, column 126.
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§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many units of social housing have been built in the(a) Test Valley Borough (b) Eastleigh Borough, (c) Havant Borough and (d) New Forose District Council areas, in each of the last five years. [28135]
Social housing new build: Completions Number of dwellings Test Valley Eastleigh Havant New Forest Registered social landlords Housing associations Local authority Housing associations Local authority Housing associations Local authority Housing associations Local authority 1993 42 14 48 0 71 0 167 0 1994 12 26 61 0 111 0 165 0 1995 61 0 72 0 55 0 154 0 1996 11 0 2 0 149 0 11 0 1997 8 0 206 0 101 0 44 0