HC Deb 15 June 2004 vol 422 cc848-9W
Ms Oona King

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many Homebuy loans were made in each local authority area in London in 2003–04. [178691]

Keith Hill

A total of 1,061 home purchases were completed with Homebuy loans, funded by the Housing Corporation through its Approved Development Programme, in London in 2003–04. The following table shows a breakdown of the total by local authority area.

Local authority Number
Barking and Dagenham 38
Barnet 27
Bexley 48
Brent 21
Bromley 57
Camden 3
Croydon 61
Ealing 42
Enfield 57
Greenwich 91
Hackney 23
Hammersmith and Fulham 12
Haringey 41
Harrow 13
Havering 36
Hillingdon 52
Hounslow 34
Islington 16
Kensington and Chelsea 3
Kingston upon Thames 27
Lambeth 20
Lewisham 46
Merton 25
Newham 24
Redbridge 41
Richmond upon Thames 10
Southwark 17
Sutton 51
Tower Hamlets 15
Waltham Forest 71
Wandsworth 29
Westminster 10
Total 1,061

Ms Oona King

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many Homebuy loans were made to(a) those in social housing, (b) those on housing waiting lists and (c) key workers in London in 2003–04. [178732]

Keith Hill

1,061 home purchases with Homebuy loans were completed in London during 2003–04. From a Housing Corporation survey, CORE Sales, at least 211 of these Homebuy loans were given to tenants in social housing and at least 59 to people on housing waiting lists. The Housing Corporation's investment system shows that over 400 of the loans were made to key workers in London.