HC Deb 15 October 2001 vol 372 cc887-8W
Tim Loughton

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, local Government and the Regions if he will list those bids he has received from local authorities under the key worker housing grant scheme involving NHS staff. [7620]

Ms Keeble

Eight bids were received from local authorities under the Starter Home Initiative which included NHS staff among the groups targeted for assistance to purchase homes. These areLondon borough of Tower Hamlets Guildford borough council Southampton county council Cotswold district council Swindon borough council Cambridgeshire county council on behalf of a consortium of employers

Council houses built between 1995 to 2001
1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 Total 1995 to 2001
Barking and Dagenham 1 1 1 1 1 0
Barnet 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bexley 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brent 0 0 1 1 1 0
Bromley 0 1 1 1 1 0
Camden 0 0 0 0 0 0
City of London 0 0 0 0 0 0
Croydon 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ealing 0 0 0 0 1 0
Enfield 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greenwich 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hackney 22 34 1 0 0 56
Hammersmith and Fulham 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haringey 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harrow 0 0 0 0 0 0
Havering 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hillingdon 1 2 1 0 0 2
Hounslow 0 0 0 0 0 0
Islington 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kensington and Chelsea 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kingston upon Thames 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lambeth 1 1 1 1 1 0
Lewisham 1 0 0 0 0 0
Merton 0 0 0 0 0 0
Newham 0 0 0 0 0 0
Redbridge 0 0 0 0 0 0
Richmond upon Thames 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southwark 1 1 1 0 0 0
Sutton 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tower Hamlets 1 1 1 1 1 0
Waltham Forest 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wandsworth 0 0 0 0 0 0
Westminster 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 245 22 36 0 0 0 103
1 Source: DTLR Housing Stats. Data not available because the LA reported for nine months or less
2 Total for 1995–96 sourced from DTLR Housing Stats 2000. Break down by each borough not available
A joint bid from Bristol City council and South Gloucestershire council A joint bid from Eastbourne borough council, Hastings district council, Lewes district council, Rother district council and Wealden district council.

A number of these bids will be administered by Registered Social Landlords. Bids to assist NHS staff were also submitted by other organisations including Registered Social Landlords.

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