§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many people are registered on each local authority list as homeless. [114769]
§ Mr. MullinHomeless households accepted by local authorities are those which, after investigation, were found to be eligible for assistance, unintentionally homeless and in priority need under part VII of the Housing Act 1996. The latest available information is given in the table.
534WThe performance standards laid down by the Corporation include some that cover the control of empty properties. For instance, no more than two per cent. of properties under management should be empty at any time.
The overall RSL vacancy rate is not monitored continuously, so the current situation is not known. However, as a guide, the table shows the vacancy rates as at 31 March in 1998 and 1999—and how many vacant units had been empty for less than six months, for between six months and a year and for more than a year.
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Number of households accepted by local authorities as being unintentionally homeless and in priority need under the provisions
of the 1996 Housing Act: October-December 1999
Number North East Alnwick 7 Berwick-upon-Tweed 5 Blyth Valley 9 Castle Morpeth 0 Chester-le-Street 4 Darlington 48 Derwentside 29 Durham 10 Easington 15 Gateshead 89 Hartlepool 65 Middlesbrough 94 Newcastle upon Tyne 74 North Tyneside 246 Redcar and Cleveland 63 Sedgefield 34 South Tyneside 40 Stockton-on-Tees 46 Sunderland 138 Teesdale 2 Tynedale n/a Wansbeck 13 Wear Valley 8 Yorkshire and The Humber Barnsley 47 Bradford 282 Calderdale 66 Craven n/a Doncaster n/a East Riding of Yorkshire 60 Hambleton 2 Harrogate 26 536W
Number of households accepted by local authorities as being unintentionally homeless and in priority need under the provisions
of the 1996 Housing Act: October-December 1999
Number Kingston upon Hull 56 Kirklees 273 Leeds 530 North East Lincolnshire 16 North Lincolnshire 63 Richmondshire 2 Rotherham 59 Ryedale 4 Scarborough 41 Selby 14 Sheffield n/a Wakefield 49 York 67 East Midlands Amber Valley 55 Ashfleld 10 Bassetlaw 52 Blaby 3 Bolsover 14 Boston 12 Broxtowe 27 Charnwood 23 Chesterfield 53 Corby 10 Daventry 27 Derby 242 Derbyshire Dales 6 East Lindsey 62 East Northamptonshire 12 Erewash 33 Gedling 35 Harborough 12 High Peak 34 Hinckley and Bosworth 20 Kettering 25 Leicester 162 Lincoln 13 Mansfield 42 Melton 13 Newark and Sherwood 61 North East Derbyshire 19 North Kesteven 11 North West Leicestershire 55 Northampton 73 Nottingham n/a Oadby and Wigston 6 Rushcliffe 11 Rutland 0 South Derbyshire 51 South Holland 5 South Kesteven 55 South Northamptonshire 26 Wellingborough 1 West Lindsey 9 East of England Babergh 15 Basildon 82 Bedford 91 Braintree n/a Breckland 59 Brentwood 9 Broadland 42 Broxbourne 61 Cambridge 60 Castle Point 14 Chelmsford 74 Colchester 101 Dacorum n/a East Cambridgeshire 45 537W
Number of households accepted by local authorities as being unintentionally homeless and in priority need under the provisions
of the 1996 Housing Act: October-December 1999
Number East Hertfordshire n/a Epping Forest 26 Fenland 24 Forest Heath 8 Great Yarmouth 44 Harlow 68 Hertsmere 10 Huntingdonshire 30 Ipswich 46 Kings Lynn and West Norfolk 46 Luton 55 Maldon 26 Mid Bedfordshire 11 Mid Suffolk 19 North Hertfordshire 49 North Norfolk 24 Norwich 137 Peterborough 54 Rochford 9 South Bedfordshire 50 South Cambridgeshire 23 South Norfolk 29 Southend-on-Sea 18 St. Albans 26 St. Edmundsbury 36 Stevenage 28 Suffolk Coastal 26 Tendring 73 Three Rivers 22 Thurrock n/a Uttlesford 17 Watford 36 Waveney 22 Welwyn Hatfield 49 Greater London Barking and Dagenham 66 Barnet 239 Bexley 66 Brent 252 Bromley 189 Camden 331 City of London 22 Croydon 291 Ealing 278 Enfield 201 Greenwich 294 Hackney n/a Hammersmith and Fulham 165 Haringey 428 Harrow 158 Havering 125 Hillingdon 229 Hounslow 192 Islington 295 Kensington and Chelsea 112 Kingston upon Thames 48 Lambeth 242 Lewisham 259 Merton 59 Newham 383 Redbridge 159 Richmond upon Thames 94 Southwark 303 Sutton 176 Tower Hamlets 264 Waltham Forest n/a Wandsworth n/a Westminster 288 538W
Number of households accepted by local authorities as being unintentionally homeless and in priority need under the provisions
of the 1996 Housing Act: October-December 1999
Number South East Adur 58 Arun 46 Ashford 20 Aylesbury Vale 26 Basingstoke and Deane 44 Bracknell Forest 16 Brighton and Hove 201 Canterbury 60 Cherwell 25 Chichester 32 Chiltern 34 Crawley 52 Dartford 33 Dover 19 East Hampshire 29 Eastbourne 73 Eastleigh 10 Elmbridge 38 Epsom and Ewell 16 Fareham 44 Gosport 45 Gravesham n/a Guildford 25 Hart 32 Hastings 47 Havant 62 Horsham 55 Isle of Wight 49 Lewes 44 Maidstone 29 Mid Sussex 28 Milton Keynes n/a Mole Valley 21 New Forest 57 Oxford 83 Portsmouth 150 Reading 88 Reigate and Banstead 34 Rother 36 Runnymede 20 Rushmoor n/a Sevenoaks 32 Shepway 47 Slough n/a South Bucks 8 South Oxfordshire 46 Southampton 165 Spelthorne 12 Surrey Heath 30 Swale 28 Tandridge 21 Test Valley 41 Thanet n/a The Medway Towns n/a Tonbridge and Malling 23 Tunbridge Wells 85 Vale of White Horse 47 Waverley 20 Wealden 58 West Berkshire 53 West Oxfordshire 7 Winchster 12 Windsor and Maidenhead 23 Woking 33 Wokingham 24 Worthing 54 Wycombe 75 539W
Number of households accepted by local authorities as being unintentionally homeless and in priority need under the provisions
of the 1996 Housing Act: October-December 1999
Number South West Bath and North East Somerset 58 Bournemouth n/a Bristol 278 Caradon 21 Carrick 50 Cheltenham 41 Christchurch 21 Cotswold 29 East Devon 36 East Dorset 18 Exeter 41 Forest of Dean 19 Gloucester 37 Isles of Scilly 0 Kennet 47 Kerrier 34 Mendip 26 Mid Devon 36 North Cornwall 42 North Devon 20 North Dorset 31 North Somerset 40 North Wiltshire 59 Penwith 27 Plymouth 260 Poole n/a Purbeck 16 Restormel 40 Salisbury 68 Sedgemoor 28 South Gloucestershire n/a South Hams 54 South Somerset 83 Stroud 3 Swindon n/a Taunton Deane 70 Teignbridge 56 Tewkesbury 20 Torbay 55 Torridge 10 West Devon 31 West Dorset 34 West Somerset 19 West Wiltshire 72 Weymouth and Portland 58 West Midlands Birmingham 1,247 Bridgnorth 7 Bromsgrove 39 Cannock Chase 35 Coventry 90 Dudley 53 East Staffordshire 6 Herefordshire 51 Lichfield 13 Malvern Hills 20 Newcastle-under-Lyme 40 North Shropshire 20 North Warwickshire 6 Nuneaton and Bedworth 16 Oswestry 17 Redditch 60 Rugby n/a Sandwell 235 Shrewsbury and Atcham 29
Number of households accepted by local authorities as being unintentionally homeless and in priority need under the provisions
of the 1996 Housing Act: October-December 1999
Number Solihull 136 South Shropshire n/a South Staffordshire 46 Stafford 18 Staffordshire Moorlands 13 Stoke-on-Trent 32 Stratford-on-Avon 20 Tamworth 20 Telford and Wrekin 50 Walsall 295 Warwick 56 Wolverhampton 106 Worcester n/a Wychavon 29 Wyre Forest 89 North West Allerdale 13 Barrow-in-Furness 2 Blackburn with Danwen 36 Blackpool 36 Bolton 178 Burnley 57 Bury 31 Carlisle 6 Chester 25 Chorley 31 Congleton n/a Copeland 10 Crewe and Nantwich 53 Eden 12 Ellesmere Port and Neston 18 Fylde 7 Halton n/a Hyndburn 20 Knowsley 40 Lancaster 29 Liverpool 196 Macclesfield n/a Manchester 632 Oldham 269 Pendle 16 Preston 35 Ribble Valley 15 Rochdale 124 Rossendale 49
Regional Development Agencies Administration (£000) Programme (£000) Staff numbers 1998–99 1999–2000 1999–2000 1 April 1999 30 September 1999 Yorkshire Forward 403 8,036 152,203 174.5 211 One North East 2,395 9,771 139,039 203 232 NorthWest 327 12,131 212,595 182 199 East Midlands 406 7,155 60,193 107 132 Advantage West Midlands 384 7,678 114,764 118.5 147 East of England 350 4,803 28,957 38 71 South East 411 5,486 82,850 60 95 South West 461 7,488 46,509 143 171 Total (all RDAs) 5,137 62,548 837,110 1,026 1,258 Note:
Staff numbers are full time equivalents except North West RDA with is staff-post
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Number of households accepted by local authorities as being unintentionally homeless and in priority need under the provisions of the 1996 Housing Act: October-December 1999
Number Salford 101 Sefton 22 South Lakeland 8 South Ribble 35 St. Helens 25 Stockport 56 Tameside 123 Trafford 109 Vale Royal n/a Warrington 62 West Lancashire 4 Wigan 116 Wirral 156 Wyre 23 Notes:
1. n/a indicates the authority did not provide a return.
2. Figures reported may include a small number of residual cases eligible under 1985 Housing Act.
Source:
DETR quarterly P1(E) returns