§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list for each London borough how many(a) people were registered homeless, (b) people were on local authority waiting lists, (c) local authority housing visits were completed, and (d) registered social visits were completed (i) in the financial year 1998–99 and (ii) in the present financial year. [100803]
§ Mr. MullinThe latest available information is given in the table. Information on visits carried out by local authorities is not collected centrally.206W
Homeless households accepted and in priority need 1998–99 19991—2000 Number of households on the housing register at 1 April 1999 Barking and Dagenham 257 39 1,785 Barnet 1,048 147 5,004 Bexley 319 54 2,762 Brent 920 2n/a 11,703 Bromley 728 2n/a 3,202 Camden 1,555 2n/a 6,302 City of London 53 14 720 Croydon 882 186 6,389 Ealing 1,016 2n/a 7,261 Enfield 754 217 4,263 Greenwich 1,456 334 5,454 Hackney 705 2n/a 13,480 Hammersmith and Fulham 709 175 4,451 Haringey 975 337 7,409 Harrow 725 160 2,374 Havering 386 105 1,511 Hillingdon 1,083 190 7,655 Hounslow 1,056 2n/a 5,188 Islington 1,176 2n/a 12,428 Kensington and Chelsea 611 149 7,671 Kingston upon Thames 400 2n/a 2,846 Lambeth 1,039 302 13,050 Lewisham 1,085 2n/a 11,520 Merton 205 53 3,345 Newham 910 2n/a 11,000 Redbridge 302 2n/a 2,956 Richmond upon Thames 633 140 4,667 Southwark 1,204 372 4,645 Sutton 299 46 6,215 Tower Hamlets 1,070 304 7,172 Waltham Forest 1,048 2n/a 1,963 Wandsworth 613 201 2,916 Westminster 1,266 267 7,028 1 April to June 2 n/a denotes that the authority has not yet reported Source:
Housing Investment Programme Returns 1999, Quarterly PIE (Homeless Activity) returns 1999 Q1
Local authorities have different practices for compiling and managing housing register/waiting lists which mean that simple comparisons between authorities can be misleading.