HC Deb 20 November 2003 vol 413 cc1300-1W
Simon Hughes

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many social housing properties were(a) vacant and (b) constructed in each London borough in each of the last six years for which figures are available. [139931]

Keith Hill

The total numbers of local authority (LA) and registered social landlord (RSL) dwellings that were(a) vacant and (b) constructed in each London borough for each of the last six years are tabled as follows.

(a) Total number of LA and RSL empty homes in London by borough in each of the last six years
Local authority 1 April 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998
Barking and Dagenham 559 678 581 784 704 852
Barnet 205 231 274 248 227 259
Bexley 189 143 163 168 163 243
Brent 510 679 526 728 1,059 1,081
Bromley 354 349 448 471 499 515
Camden 508 710 582 531 680 672
City of London 0 12 6 5 2 8
Croydon 327 323 334 368 371 385
Ealing 373 409 455 370 395 450
Enfield 580 703 508 422 338 333
Greenwich 723 721 800 887 821 956
Hackney 1,412 1,753 2,265 2,538 2,769 2,133
Hammersmith and Fulham 623 531 618 585 551 696
Haringey 404 445 405 456 691 544
Harrow 131 117 112 92 139 124
Havering 392 342 348 241 259 263
Hillingdon 240 215 174 219 178 204
Hounslow 583 382 350 340 259 232
Islington 728 628 840 1,104 1,432 1,505
Kensington and Chelsea 294 296 327 409 355 467
Thames 110 105 113 102 93 108
Lambeth 1,242 1,403 1,494 1,680 1,758 1,743
Lewisham 1,041 1,172 1,190 1,051 959 1,097
Merton 259 116 139 203 169 139
Newham 754 613 514 516 680 951
Redbridge 202 187 231 421 367 324
Richmond upon Thames 203 165 146 204 221 221

(a) Total number of LA and RSL empty homes in London by borough in each of the last six years
Local authority 1 April 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998
Southwark 1,191 1,367 2,154 1,791 1,700 1,623
Sutton 162 200 133 270 209 158
Tower Hamlets 887 951 1,063 1,302 1,470 1,503
Waltham Forest 259 261 313 389 646 791
Wandsworth 504 488 541 582 647 640
Westminster 602 663 579 650 762 824
London total 16,551 17,358 18,726 20,127 21,573 22,044

Sources

ODPM's annual Housing Investment Programme (HIP) returns and the Housing Corporation's annual HAR 10 and Regulatory and Statistical Return (RSR).

(b) Total number of LA and RSL new dwellings built in London by borough in each of the last six financial years
Local authority 2002–03 2001–02 2000–01 1999–2000 1998–99 1997–981
Barking and Dagenham 15 57 80 18 8 12
Barnet 164 72 168 98 74 56
Bexley 24 27 98 27 19 8
Brent 570 294 251 103 30 1
Bromley1 0 9 33 97 28 33
Camden 25 17 256 166 85 42
City of London 0 0 0 21 0 0
Croydon 216 114 77 194 221 132
Baling 144 157 53 125 125 0
Enfield 356 312 344 84 139 42
Greenwich 147 72 147 64 133 48
Hackney 0 84 112 91 112 325
Hammersmith and Fulham 27 0 0 23 22 74
Haringey 63 140 59 75 63 20
Harrow 118 8 0 3 5 0
Havering 25 133 28 47 25 8
Hillingdon 214 134 294 137 111 11
Hounslow 84 87 24 0 21 38
Islington1 73 5 44 27 65 0
Kensington and Chelsea 28 11 55 20 41 0
Kingston upon Thames 7 4 41 45 2 22
Lambeth1 74 58 47 53 117 98
Lewisham 156 264 150 95 167 35
Merton 72 81 51 149 129 0
Newham 0 160 138 120 180 25
Redbridge 33 12 39 39 5 8
Richmond upon Thames 6 28 20 30 8 0
Southwark 30 22 26 13 35 86
Sutton 180 83 161 122 19 26
Tower Hamlets 496 415 131 197 56 171
Waltham Forest 294 83 596 186 577 25
Wandsworth 0 0 3 76 36 8
Westminster 352 243 358 207 113 0
London total2 4,329 3,539 4,320 2,934 3,233 4,381
1Estimates may be low because of missing returns from boroughs.
2 Total includes estimates for missing local authority returns.

Figures for boroughs are based on reported data.

Sources

Reported completions in returns to ODPM from local authorities and the National House-Building Council.