§ Sir L. Plummerasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs the number of houses requisitioned by each metropolitan borough council at the inception of the Requisitioned Houses and Requisitioning 15W Act, 1955, the number since derequisitioned and handed back to owners, the number acquired, and the number still under requisition by each council at the latest convenient date.
— Number of dwellings under requisition at 6th June, 1955 Number derequisitioned and returned to owners up to 30th September, 1958 Number of requisitioned dwellings acquired up to 30th September, 1958 Number still under requisition at 30th September 1958 Battersea … … 2,372 1,663 197 512 Bermondsey … … 298 237 12 49 Bethnal Green … … 531 314 26 191 Camberwell … … 4,901 2,510 351 2,040 Chelsea … … 1,371 414 — 957 Deptford … … 1,972 1,329 7 636 Finsbury … … 752 376 45 331 Fulham … … 1,496 521 35 940 Greenwich … … 1,577 724 65 788 Hackney … … 3,282 1,163 137 1,982 Hammersmith … … 1,506 785 56 665 Hampstead … … 1,364 584 170 610 Holborn … … 904 381 4 519 Islington … … 2,243 1,356 100 787 Kensington … … 1,318 704 — 614 Lambeth … … 3,351 1,632 329 1,390 Lewisham … … 3,145 1,804 143 1,198 Paddington … … 2,415 1,552 30 833 Poplar … … 1,182 716 22 444 St. Marylebone … … 872 467 7 398 St. Pancras … … 1,426 525 217 684 Shoreditch … … 1,037 515 236 286 Southwark … … 1,249 1,054 — 195 Stepney … … 2,122 1,276 35 811 Stoke Newington … … 1,056 532 33 491 Wandsworth … … 5,353 3,567 92 1,694 Westminster … … 1,591 828 205 558 Woolwich … … 779 443 37 299 TOTAL … … 51,465 27,972 2,591 20,902