HC Deb 10 July 1984 vol 63 c501W
Mr. Marlow

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment, in respect of each inner London borough for each of the last eight years, what have been the numbers (a) of private houses purchased, (b) cumulative, of undemolished, unmodernised former private houses still in

Dwellings Acquired by Inner London Boroughs: 1976–77 to 1982–83
1976.77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83
Dwellings £000 Dwellings £000 Dwellings £000 Dwellings £000 Dwellings £000 Dwellings £000 Dwellings £000
City of London 9 52
Camden 587 2,480 393 1,719 394 2,780 131 2,573 26 656 9 312 5 141
Hackney 140 n/a 212 1,709 154 1,869 46 2,331 35 1,015 3 159 16 179
Hammersmith and Fulham 433 4,108 330 1,630 188 751 15 352 9 790 2 99 5 156
Haringey 524 4,176 94 763 393 4,437 212 3,094 79 1,517 7 *-3 10 263
Islington 573 6,460 352 3,262 360 4,160 137 1,893 59 1,089 55 1,224 58 1,540
Kensington and Chelsea 80 885 4 65 2 50 7 198 1 25 38 20 10 210
Lambeth 323 2,810 106 1,039 176 3,045 240 3,061 21 863 6 128 5 61
Lewisham 515 3,291 116 1,335 104 1,736 120 1,732 23 514 6 244 15 479
Newham 230 854 237 470 80 531 113 734 40 351 29 245 30 228
Southwark 820 2,582 67 388 830 1,050 57 505 40 273 84 9 31
Tower Hamlets 14 80 3 28 3 28 4 43
Wandsworth 297 2,996 258 2,605 99 1,068 10 173 3 67 97
Westminster 52 264 37 130 187 497 110 851 3 85 4 6 448
* Gross expenditure of £97,000 offset by a credit adjustment of £100,000

SourceBoroughs' HIP returns for 1979 to 1983. Figures for 1983–84 will be provided in the 1984 returns.