§ Mrs. Jegerasked the Secretary of State for the Environment for how many dwellings in the Greater London areas he has 329W sanctioned purchase by local authorities for letting, to the last convenient period; what is the total sum involved for each London borough; and what information he has about the number of such dwellings unoccupied.
§ Mr. FreesonLondon authorities have reported the following acquisitions of existing dwellings from April to 31st March 1976:
Number of dwellings Acquisition cost £ thousand Greater London Council* 4,843 29,902 City of London* 0 0 Barking 116 1,207 Barnet 131 1,547 Bexley 5 74 Brent 1,391 13,142 Bromley* 125 1,259 Camden 2,889 17,084 Croydon* 388 4,180 Ealing 280 3,390 Enfield 31 253 Greenwich* 385 3,713 Hackney* 162 1,674 Hammersmith 751 7,209 Haringey 628 5,394 Harrow 175 1,822 Havering* 475 5,492 Hillingdon* 535 6,558 Hounslow 162 1,563 Islington 2,115 12,993 Kensington and Chelsea 165 1,740 Kingston 39 438 Lambeth 2,446 17,865 Lewisham* 1,245 8,904 Merton 69 687 Newham* 234 2,033 Redbridge 96 997 Richmond* 43 607 Southwark 269 2,107 Sutton* 41 530 Tower Hamlets* 20 98 Waltham Forest 367 3,383 Wandsworth 2,501 14,973 Westminster* 521 5,142 Total 23,643 177,960 *Complete returns not yet available. In addition, the reported cost of capitalised initial repairs for the same period is £9.4 million.
The number of these dwellings at present unoccupied is not known.