§ Mr. Powellasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT an analysis of the lettings of houses by new town corporations showing the local authority area in which the tenants were last previously resident.
§ Mr. SandysI understand that the information desired relates to houses let to people from the Greater London area by the London development corporations. The position at 30th June, 1955, which is the latest date for which returns are available, is as follows:
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Local authority Basildon Bracknell Crawley Harlow Hemel Hempstead Stevenage Welwyn and Hatfield Totals MIDDLESEX BOROUGHS Acton … 15 8 32 24 132 45 9 265 Brentford and Chiswick 7 37 23 9 35 22 5 138 Ealing … 21 67 51 41 127 70 31 408 Edmonton … 23 5 10 245 15 66 47 411 Enfield … 14 2 1 184 12 37 64 314 Finchley … 5 — 6 47 38 35 74 205 Harrow … 16 13 46 54 406 114 42 691 Hendon … 19 3 21 59 393 178 106 779 Heston and Isleworth … 6 122 32 15 13 22 11 221 Hornsey … 19 1 15 99 46 103 125 408 Southall … 4 34 12 14 42 22 5 133 Southgate … 7 — 11 42 19 33 69 181 Tottenham … 37 9 24 338 47 97 95 647 Twickenham … 9 71 32 14 17 23 2 168 Uxbridge … 3 4 2 — 3 9 — 21 Wembley … 14 11 30 63 225 65 34 442 Willesden … 25 12 64 86 605 157 50 999 Wood Green … 8 4 10 43 15 72 70 222 URBAN DISTRICTS Feltham … 1 22 6 6 — 9 — 44 Friern Barnet … 1 3 5 18 4 21 — 52 Hayes and Harlington 7 29 11 14 19 21 3 104 Potters Bar … — — — — — — — — Ruislip-Northwood … 4 6 4 — 8 12 8 42 Staines … — — 3 — — — — 3 Sunbury-on-Thames … — — — — — — — — Yiewsley and West Drayton — 2 2 — — — — 4 ESSEX (Part of) COUNTY BOROUGHS East Ham … 202 4 18 70 9 22 23 348 West Ham … 215 4 15 214 13 36 17 514 BOROUGHS Barking … 37 2 7 37 10 8 1 102 Chingford … 3 3 4 119 6 10 12 157 Dagenham … 157 2 14 124 18 25 19 359 Ilford … 87 7 10 190 7 23 19 343 Leyton … 42 3 11 251 23 42 14 386 Walthamstow … 36 6 10 394 50 50 41 587 Wanstead and Wood Ford … 20 — 1 82 4 15 — 122 Romford … 65 1 — 36 8 20 5 135 URBAN DISTRICTS Chigwell … 8 2 3 — 2 — — 15 Waltham Holy Cross … — — — — — — — — Hornchurch … 67 1 — 22 4 5 — 99 HERTS (Part of) URBAN DISTRICTS Barnet … 3 — 3 — 13 14 145 178 Bushey … — — 3 — — — — 3 Cheshunt … — — — — — — 4 4 East Barnet … — — 6 66 17 12 — 101 Watford … — — — — — 17 29 46 RURAL DISTRICTS Elstree … — — — — — — — — KENT (Part of) BOROUGHS Beckenham … 2 1 72 8 5 10 — 98 Bexley … — — 36 16 7 11 — 70 Bromley … 2 4 27 10 12 3 8 66 Erith … 2 — 13 5 3 4 — 27
Local authority Basildon Bracknell Crawley Harlow Hemel Hempstead Stevenage Welwyn and Hatfield Totals URBAN DISTRICTS Chislehurst and Sidcup 3 2 38 7 15 7 2 74 Crayford … — — 8 2 — — — 10 Orpington … —. —. 6 —. —. —. 3 9 Penge … 1 1 53 8 9 5 — 77 SURREY (Part of) COUNTY BOROUGH Croydon … 7 8 286 22 22 29 32 406 BOROUGHS Barnes … 1 18 15 4 9 11 — 58 Beddington and Wallington — — 19 — 2 — — 21 Epsom and Ewell … 4 2 21 2 7 1 — 37 Kingston-upon-Thames 3 8 23 4 5 7 8 58 Maiden and Coombe … — 8 19 2 6 6 — 41 Mitcham … 2 9 115 15 7 12 8 168 Richmond … 1 62 23 2 21 14 2 125 Surbiton … 2 9 30 1 3 14 1 60 Sutton and Cheam … 1 3 77 4 12 13 7 117 Wimbledon … 3 5 44 10 10 11 1 84 URBAN DISTRICTS Banstead … — — 5 — — — — 5 Carshalton … 7 6 143 14 13 12 — 195 Coulsdon and Purley … 1 — 31 3 — 3 — 38 Esher … — — 5 — — — — 5 Merton and Morden … 6 3 90 12 14 15 2 142 TOTALS … 1,646 886 3,980 4,267 3,749 2,599* 2,082 19,209 * This corporation has also housed seventy-five Londoners whose previous local authorities are not known.