§ Linda PerhamTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many people were accepted as homeless in each of the London boroughs in each of the last five years; how many of these were accommodated in bed and breakfast establishments; and at what cost. [1737]
§ Ms KeebleInformation reported to the Department by London boroughs on the number of households accepted under the homelessness provisions of the 1985 and 1996 Housing Acts as being eligible for assistance, unintentionally homeless and in priority need, in each of the past five years, is as follows:
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Homeless households in priority need accepted by London boroughs 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 Ealing 1,202 1,068 1,016 989 1,026 Enfield 836 743 754 793 1,007 Greenwich 1,053 1,270 1,403 1,242 1,227 Hackney (2) 454 676 705 963 (3) 594 Hammersmith and Fulham 618 598 709 895 918 Haringey 1— 1,157 975 (3) 1,101 1,436 Harrow 499 690 720 670 701 Havering (3) 267 283 (1)98 (3) 326 (3) 160 Hillingdon 888 932 914 686 1,003 Hounslow 1,082 858 (3) 609 1,003 945 Islington 1,113 949 (3)897 1,298 1,556 Kensington and Chelsea 614 594 (3)411 533 658 Kingston upon Thames 323 437 (3) 271 306 421 Lambeth 1,042 779 1,039 1,124 1,112 Lewisham (3) 601 (3) 574 1,085 1,248 892 Merton 336 186 205 242 168 Newham 224 1 1,383 1,411 1,596 Redbridge 302 322 302 450 (3) 325 Richmond upon Thames 479 584 633 432 343 Southwark (3) 873 890 (3) 841 1,614 1,702 Sutton 417 274 299 513 429 Tower Hamlets (2) 369 971 1,070 1,130 1,282 Waltham Forest 771 880 (3) 779 856 981 Wandsworth 639 440 1 (2) 391 886 Westminster 1,259 (3) 839 1,266 1,152 1,074 1 Blank entries indicate that no returns were submitted by the authority Note:
Numbers in brackets indicate the number of quarters for which returns were received
Source:
DETR P1(E) housing activity returns (quarterly)
Information reported by London boroughs on the numbers of households resident in bed and breakfast accommodation on 31 March in each year is as follows:
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Homeless households accommodated by London boroughs as at 31 March 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Barking and Dagenham 0 0 0 1— 0 Barnet 103 88 116 1— 1— Bexley 1 10 19 56 66 Brent 273 369 290 410 585 Bromley 17 30 118 134 100 Camden 100 114 44 56 69 City of London 15 22 33 64 23 Croydon 1— 122 157 286 420 Ealing 19 33 68 201 400 Enfield 159 208 206 253 267 Greenwich 0 0 0 0 0 Hackney 1— 40 1— 366 1— Hammersmith and Fulham 99 159 263 317 376 Haringey 1— 142 151 216 192 Harrow 58 92 183 122 131 Havering 0 0 0 1— 0 Hillingdon 107 120 295 279 407 Hounslow 11 50 1— 149 182 Islington 145 65 67 71 0 Kensington and Chelsea 239 250 466 559 651 Kingston upon Thames 9 2 1 26 8 Lambeth 2 0 14 56 187 Lewisham 1— 1— 0 1— 0 Merton 24 9 10 56 35 Newham 1— 1— 270 346 641 Redbridge 88 145 165 184 1— Richmond upon Thames 39 62 203 224 66 Southwark 0 0 42 180 250 Sutton 24 23 64 123 47
Homeless households accommodated by London borough as at 31 March 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Tower Hamlets 1— 124 253 190 187 Waltham Forest 0 0 1— 32 135 Wandsworth 74 124 1— 1— 259 Westminster 851 1— 1,058 1,135 923 1 Indicates information not reported Note:
Figures include households being accommodated pending completion of inquiries by the local authority
Source:
DETR P1(E) housing activity returns (quarterly)
National and regional information on local authorities' activity under statutory homelessness provisions is provided in a quarterly Statistical Release published by the Department. Table 7 presents reported data on households accepted as homeless by each London borough, and a separate Supplementary Table provides summary data, including numbers resident in B&B, for
Local authorities' gross current expenditure on bed on breakfast at accommodation £000 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 Barking and Dagenham 0 0 0 0 18 Barnet 1,679 1,448 1,907 5,700 9,406 Bexley 92 98 111 424 427 Brent 2,095 2,392 3,609 3,848 5,183 Bromley 125 132 144 1,066 1,858 Camden 1,403 1,329 2,825 5,297 5,780 City of London 0 0 0 0 775 Croydon 654 609 846 2,097 3,158 Ealing 409 297 243 527 1,322 Enfield 1,641 1,790 3,663 6,776 11,062 Greenwich 0 0 0 0 0 Hackney 691 3,467 488 2,046 3,447 Hammersmith and Fulham 3,080 1,779 1,431 2,947 5,090 Haringey 4,475 4,332 5,790 15,356 16,518 Harrow 314 700 976 1,964 2,196 Havering 0 0 0 0 0 Hillingdon 883 808 1,109 2,326 4,766 Hounslow 410 402 726 2,140 6,872 Islington 3,789 3,087 2,945 2,942 4,544 Kensington and Chelsea 2,287 3,222 3,240 4,937 7,215 Kingston upon Thames 171 130 155 52 485 Lambeth 1,623 664 1,391 2,092 2,057 Lewisham 4 0 0 0 0 Merton 340 368 162 271 688 Newham 1,061 824 1,401 4,773 5,388 Redbridge 486 1,182 2,029 3,354 3,486 Richmond upon Thames 217 314 460 4,346 11,184 Southwark 179 127 0 352 4,981 Sutton 193 221 163 434 1,525 Tower Hamlets 1,775 2,155 1,584 2,128 5,104 Waltham Forest 0 2 8 2 237 Wandsworth 890 698 1,626 3,440 3,289 Westminster 4,795 5,024 6,798 13,595 16,321 Source:
DTLR RO6 Revenue Outturn forms
§ Linda PerhamTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what has been the average weekly level of(a) council rents in London and (b) rent charges for bed and breakfast establishments used by the London boroughs in each of the last five years. [1736]
240Wall authorities in England. Copies of these are held in the Library, and the latest edition published on 15 June presents statistics up to the end of March 2001.
Information reported to the Department by London boroughs about their expenditure on bed and breakfast accommodation is as follows:
§ Ms KeebleThe average weekly unrebated rents for local authority tenants in London as at April in each year, including the latest survey results for April 2001, are as follows.
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Average local authority unrebated rents as at April (£ per week) 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Barking and Dagenham 39.71 42.10 44.43 49.68 52.24 54.54 Barnet 52.11 52.60 52.59 55.35 56.92 58.52 Bexley 53.02 58.52 1— 1— 1— 1— Brent 69.81 69.05 70.37 72.59 72.81 73.80 Bromley 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— Camden 58.71 59.69 60.76 59.77 62.92 63.97 City of London 55.34 55.82 56.83 58.58 58.70 60.80 Croydon 62.10 62.78 62.78 64.20 67.95 65.83 Ealing 59.17 58.72 59.11 60.85 63.26 64.43 Enfield 51.98 52.79 53.50 55.55 57.93 62.75 Greenwich 50.50 51.14 53.95 56.25 54.65 58.99 Hackney 54.79 55.25 56.11 56.62 58.47 61.77 Hammersmith and Fulham 53.77 54.26 56.18 57.98 59.13 61.34 Haringey 57.54 56.02 58.96 58.94 60.48 61.89 Harrow 64.68 65.17 67.21 66.77 68.65 70.97 Havering 44.59 44.95 45.18 46.83 48.26 49.68 Hillingdon 63.24 64.20 65.28 66.71 68.80 70.59 Hounslow 49.81 50.81 52.01 52.89 55.85 57.93 Islington 56.16 57.16 58.36 60.00 62.32 64.38 Kensington and Chelsea 68.72 68.72 68.16 68.17 68.15 70.23 Kingston upon Thames 61.15 61.64 63.43 63.99 66.33 68.50 Lambeth 49.56 54.01 55.24 57.72 59.88 62.00 Lewisham 46.73 48.90 49.82 52.15 55.00 57.35 Merton 52.56 53.05 54.06 54.83 56.02 58.60 Newham 43.72 44.21 44.92 49.40 54.35 56.35 Redbridge 65.89 66.36 67.56 67.65 69.14 70.20 Richmond upon Thames 52.92 54.54 56.09 61.13 62.41 1— Southwark 50.07 50.56 49.70 54.74 56.56 58.04 Sutton 50.97 53.08 54.63 54.15 56.88 60.44 Tower Hamlets 45.01 49.21 50.52 58.71 62.86 66.39 Waltham Forest 46.37 49.36 52.17 59.54 62.65 64.15 Wandsworth 59.68 60.17 60.79 65.61 66.95 69.78 Westminster 64.62 66.65 68.62 73.96 76.15 78.19 1 Large Scale Voluntary Transfer of all borough stock Note:
Average rents chargeable for the property, excluding any service charges
Source:
DETR Housing Subsidy Claim Forms and March Survey data
Information on average rents charged by bed and breakfast establishments is not collected centrally.