§ Mr. Cartwrightasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many homes owned by each housing authority in Greater London remained empty at the most recent convenient date; and how these figures compare with those of 12 months previously.
§ Mr. StanleyThe information from authorities' HIP returns in 1980 and 1981 is as follows:
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Borough Number of local authority vacant dwellings April 1980 Number of local authority vacant dwellings April 1981 City 1 28 Barking and Dagenham 554 543 Barnet 572 455 Bexley 129 243 Brent 850 692 Bromley 229 235 Camden 2,071 1,892 Croydon 260 257 Ealing 493 622 Enfield 454 381 Greenwich 605 1,072 Hackney 2,300 2,500 Hammersmith and Fulham 1,397 1,185 Haringey 1,515 1,240 Harrow 93 87 Havering 316 393 Hillingdon 597 880 Hounslow 559 360 Islington 2,836 2,314 Kensington and Chelsea 570 421 Kingston 120 110 Lambeth 3,140 2,280 Lewisham 2,250 2,114
Borough Number of local authority vacant dwellings April 1980 Number of local authority vacant dwellings April 1981 Meiton 312 168 Newham 1,439 1,304 Redbridge 260 250 Richmond 227 209 Southwark* 2,756 4,300 Sutton 244 240 Tower Hamlets 1,658 1,830 Waltham Forest 1,103 975 Wandsworth 2,130 2,189 Westminster 1,142 1,210 Greater London Council† — 5,460 * The figures contained in Southwark's HIP returns showed a very significant increase in local authority stock between the two dates. † Figures for the Greater London Council are not available for 1980.