HC Deb 25 January 1999 vol 324 cc38-9W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many new housing units were built and how many existing housing units were cleared in each local authority area in Tyne and Wear and Northumberland in the calendar years 1993 to 1998. [67299]

Mr. Raynsford

The statistics relate to the number of housing units completed by calendar years from 1993 to November 1998 (provisional) and all demolition figures for financial years from 1992–93 to 1996–97. (The demolitions data are collected on a financial years basis only.)

Housebuilding completions
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 11998
Tyne & Wear
Gateshead 492 514 330 844 363 389
Newcastle upon Tyne 474 520 690 1,210 254 341
N. Tyneside 732 914 1,019 1,933 727 630
S. Tyneside 485 323 288 611 218 140
Sunderland 560 317 551 868 490 459
Northumberland
Alnwick 96 99 45 144 107 67
Berwick upon Tweed 74 36 65 101 83 109
Blyth Valley 0 0 0 0 0 0
Castle Morpeth 72 101 94 195 170 117
Tynedale 172 92 131 223 166 137
Wansbeck 121 202 264 466 286 127
1Date up to the end of November 1998
Demolitions
1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97
Tyne & Wear
Gateshead 1 0 29 0 226
Newcastle upon Tyne 0 0 44 54 48
N. Tyneside 327 0 0 0 0
S. Tyneside 153 82 80 24 9
Sunderland 71 0 0 0 249
Northumberland
Alnwick 1 0 0 0 0
Berwick upon Tweed 0 0 0 0 0
Blyth Valley 0 0 0 0 0
Castle Morpeth 0 0 0 0 0
Tynedale 0 0 0 0 0
Wansbeck 1 1 0 0 0