§ Mr. Cartwrightasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) how many homes owned by each of the local housing authorities in Greater London remained empty in April;
(2) what information he has about the number of council properties in each of the London boroughs which are officially regarded as difficult to let.
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§ Mr. StanleyThe information as at 1 April 1982 from the HIP returns of the authorities concerned, relating to dwellings as defined for HIP purposes, is as follows. The figures for dwellings vacant include those vacant for any reasons, regardless of the length of vacancy.
Authority Number of difficult to let dwellings Number of local authority vacant dwellings City 0 30 Barking 3,000 800 Barnet 326 460 Bexley 38 184 Brent 4,000 602 Bromley 0 206 Camden 5,700 1,058 Croydon 950 284 Ealing 1,000 482 Enfield 1,026 345 Greenwich 4,125 1,208 Hackney 7,800 3,900 Hammersmith 1,882 1,204 Haringey 500 1,086 Harrow 0 89 Havering 800 395 Hillingdon 0 703 Hounslow 150 483 Islington 7,750 2,373 Kensington and Chelsea 502 275 Kingston 0 140 Lambeth 11,950 2,070 Lewisham 3,500 1,725 Merton 0 224 Newham 50 1,334 Redbridge 400 460 Richmond 1,100 117 Southwark 14,000 4,569 Sutton 0 168 Tower Hamlets 2,835 1,655 Waltham Forest 3,347 990 Wandsworth 8,129 1,756 Westminster 0 1,345 GLC 5,010 1,535