§ Mr. Newensasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government how many houses built by development corporations or local authorities for sale to owner-occupiers are at present unoccupied 186W in each of the designated new towns; and how many of these have been unoccupied for six months or more.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonThe only designated new towns in England where development corporation houses built for sale are at present unsold are:
Houses at present unsold Of which. unsold for 6 months or more Bracknell 14 14 Harlow 177 144 Skelmersdale 14 13 Washington 3 3 These figures exclude houses on which formal negotiations to purchase are proceeding.
In none of these towns do local authorities have such houses unsold.
§ Mr. Newensasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government how many applicants for rented accommodation are at present on the housing lists of the development corporations and the local authorities in each of the designated new towns.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonThe respective figures in the following table are not necessarily comparable, since the areas of many of the local authorities concerned extend well beyond the new town boundaries.
Town Development Corporation Local Authorities (1) (2) (3) London New Towns Basildon 542 808 Bracknell 976 514 Harlow 1,073 145 Stevenage 500 239 Milton Keynes Building not started 985 Northampton Building not started 2,270 Peterborough Building not started 1,721 Midlands Corby 1,500 (Joint List) Redditch 138 1,495 Telford 368 4,735 North West Runcorn 158 703 Skelmersdale 103 310 Warrington Building not started 2,401 North East Newton Aycliffe 1,000 1,445 Peterlee 1,355 2,853 Washington 700 4,338 Note: Col. (3) excludes local authorities whose area includes only a small part of a new town.