§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for the Environment who would honour Greater London council warranties in respect of purchasers of ex-Greater London 68W council dwellings after the London residuary body has been wound up in the event of the Greater London council being abolished.
§ Sir George YoungThis is one of the residual matters for which the London residuary body will be charged with devising appropriate arrangements under clause 63 of the Local Government Bill.
§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for the Environment who would pay any rate-borne costs if a borough decided to build homes for elderly people outside London, in the event of the Greater London council being abolished.
§ Sir George YoungThe borough council would allocate tenancies, manage the property and, if it wished, bear some costs on the rates wherever the homes are situated.
§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list those London boroughs which have exercised their powers to develop homes outside London; how many homes have been built; and how many were specifically designed for the elderly.
§ Sir George YoungThis information could be obtained from Departmental records only at disproportionate cost. However, according to table 2.1 of "Greater London Housing Statistics 1983", published by the Greater London Council, in March 1983 the following London borough councils owned residential stock outside London:
Borough Number of dwellings Ealing 17 Enfield 1,069 Haringey 822 Hillingdon 95 Kingston 4 Lambeth 113 Merton 3S1 Newham 1,087 Sutton 128 Wandsworth 2 Waltham Forest 722 Total 4,440
§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for the Environment which of the boroughs listed in the answer to the hon. Member for Newham, North-West on 13 June, Official Report, column 493, as having commented favourably on the specific proposal that the London boroughs would take over full responsibility for the Greater London council's housing role in the event of the Greater London council being abolished, did not fully support that proposal.
§ Sir George YoungAll those boroughs listed in the first part of my answer to the hon. Member of 13 June at column493 fully supported the proposal that London boroughs should take full responsibility for the Greater London council's housing role; their comments on points of details did not affect this overall view.