§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the local authorities in England that have confirmed registration schemes for houses in multiple occupation in their areas, under the following headings (a) informatory schemes under section 22 of the Housing Act 1961, (b) regulatory schemes under section 64 of the Housing Act 1964 and (c) combined schemes under the Housing Act 1964; and what proportion of local authorities operate these schemes.
§ Sir George YoungThe local authorities in whose areas registration schemes for houses in multiple occupation have been confirmed are as follows.
INFORMATORY SCHEMES
- Birmingham city council
- Crawley borough council
- Gloucester city council
- Kingston upon Hull city council
- Leeds city council
- Liverpool city council
- LB of Croydon
- Middlesbrough borough council
- Mole Valley district council
- Trafford borough council
- Reigate and Banstead borough council
REGULATORY SCHEMES
- Exeter city council
COMBINED SCHEMES
- Bradford city council
- Cambridge city council
- Doncaster borough council
- Kirklees district council
- Lancaster city council
- Leicester city council
- Manchester city council
- Newcastle under Lyme borough council
- Newcastle upon Tyne city council
- Norwich city council
- Oldham borough council
- Rotherham borough council
- Salford city council
344 - Sandwell borough council
- Scunthorpe borough council
- Sheffield city council
- South Tyneside borough council
- Stoke-on-Trent city council
- Walsall borough council
- Wycombe district council
- LB of Brent
- LB of Camden
- LB of Enfield
- LB of Greenwich
- LB of Hackney
- LB of Islington
- LB of Lambeth
- LB of Lewisham
- LB of Newham
- LB of Redbridge
- LB of Southwark
- LB of Tower Hamlets
These schemes relate to 44 housing authorities out of a total of 366.