HC Deb 25 January 1955 vol 536 cc13-4W
86. Mr. Albert Evans

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government to give, in the OFFICIAL REPORT, the names of the local authorities which, at the latest possible date, had more than 100 families in requisitioned premises; and the number of families in each case.

Mr. Sandys

The required information is as follows:

ESTIMATED NUMBER OF FAMILIES IN REQUISITIONED HOUSES AT 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1954
GREATER LONDON
(a) 100 to 500 families
Feltham 104
Orpington 104
Friern Barnet 113
Banstead 118
Twickenham 123
Surbiton 124
Dagenham 127
Hayes and Harlington 140
Esher 142
Carshalton 147
Southall 158
Kingston-upon-Thames 161
Barnes 171
Chingford 195
Richmond (Surrey) 210
Ruislip and Northwood 212
Wood Green 222
Southgate 230
Wan stead and Woodford 231
Wembley 235
Bexley 242
Erith 244
Coulsdon and Purley 248
Maiden and Coombe 285
Heston and Isleworth 295
Bermondsey 298
Mitcham 315
Ilford 324
Chislehurst and Sidcup 329
East Barnet 337
Barking 389
Enfield 398
Walthamstow 448
Finchley 455
(b) 500 to 1,000 families
Bethnal Green 538
Edmonton 550
Harrow 561
Bromley 575
Hornsey 637
Penge 652
Beckenham 685
Ealing 689
Finsbury 734
Brentford and Chiswick 739
Acton 743
Hendon 815
Woolwich 829
Wimbledon 839
St. Marylebone 849
Leyton 894
Holborn 915

(c) 1,000 or more families
Shoredith 1,027
Stoke Newington 1,077
Tottenham 1,092
Poplar 1,258
Hampstead 1,270
Southwark 1,356
East Ham 1,362
Chelsea 1,363
Kensington 1,437
Willesden 1,482
Fulham 1,506
St. Pancras 1,508
Hammersmith 1,520
Greenwich 1,599
Croydon 1,602
Westminster 1,611
Deptford 2,008
Stepney 2,143
Islington 2,297
West Ham 2,308
Battersea 2,400
Paddington 2,413
Lambeth 3,331
Hackney 3,371
Lewisham 3,471
Camberwell 4,890
Wandsworth 5,628

PROVINCES
(a) 100 to 500 families
Cheltenham 101
Blackpool 116
Southampton 121
Guildford (B.) 124
Guildford (R.D.) 124
Reigate 135
Felixstowe 146
Romford 147
Crosby 148
Margate 167
Hastings 201
Sunderland 223
Brighton 231
Eastbourne 242
Folkestone 259
Birkenhead 264
Exeter 326
Kingston-upon-Hull 337
Manchester 365
Bootle 376
Bournemouth 393
Hove 393
Sheffield 407
(b) 500 to 1,000 families
Salford 550
Plymouth 750
Bristol 819
Portsmouth 911
(c) 1,000 or more families
Southend-on-Sea 1,093
Birmingham 1,858
Liverpool 2,208