HC Deb 05 December 1985 vol 88 cc343-4W
Mrs. Beckett

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the authorities which have (a) requested and (b) received authorisations to operate a high rent area scheme (i) for public authority and private tenants, (ii) for public authority tenants alone, (iii) for private tenants alone and (iv) for class authorisations and to identify, in respect of class authorisations, the particular type of dwelling for which each authorisation was granted.

Mr. Major

(i) The following list shows those authorities which applied for general authorisations in both the public and private sector and the result of these applications:

Authority
Harrow public sector only authorised
Kingston-upon-Thames public sector only authorised
Ealing public sector only authorised
Hillingdon public sector only authorised
Barnet both authorised
Hammersmith and Fulham public sector only authorised
Kensington and Chelsea both authorised
Westminster both authorised
Rushmoor neither authorised
Wandsworth public sector only authorised
Brighton public sector only authorised

(ii) The following list shows those authorities which applied for general authorisations in the public sector only and the result of these applications:

Authority
Southend-on-Sea authorised
Sutton authorised
Blaenau Gwent authorised
Cardiff authorised
Middlesbrough authorised
Redbridge authorised
Ogwr authorised
Milton Keynes Development Corporation authorised
Spelthome authorised
Richmond-upon-Thames not authorised
Merton authorised
Eastbourne authorised
Wealden authorized
Telford Development Corporation authorised
Epsom and Ewell authorised
Shepway authorised

(iii) The following list shows those authorities which applied for general authorisations in the private sector only and the result of these applications:

Authority
Camden authorized
Bracknell not authorized
Gravesham not authorized

(iv) The following list shows those authorities which applied for class authorisations and if authorised for what type of accommodation:

Authority
Bolsover sheltered
Stewartry sheltered
City of London not authorised
West Lothian sheltered
Wandsworth sheltered
Argyll and Bute sheltered
Kirkcaldy not authorised
Thamesdown sheltered
Moray sheltered
Kerrier sheltered
Milton Keynes (Borough of) sheltered
Easington sheltered
Roxburgh sheltered
Merthyr Tydfil sheltered
Ealing sheltered
Lochaber sheltered
Berwickshire sheltered and disabled
Renfrew sheltered
Richmond-upon-Thames sheltered
Nottingham sheltered
Gordon sheltered
Dumbarton sheltered and disabled
Wear Valley sheltered
Staffordshire Moorlands sheltered
Southwark sheltered
Portsmouth sheltered and disabled
North East Fife not authorised
Bath sheltered
City of Bristol sheltered and disabled
Wokingham sheltered
Western Isles sheltered
Midlothian sheltered
Gedling sheltered
Skye and Lochalsh sheltered
East Devon sheltered
Coventry sheltered and disabled
Stockton-on-Tees sheltered
Banff and Buchan sheltered
Wakefield sheltered
Wrekin sheltered
Manchester sheltered
Leicester sheltered
Trafford not authorised
Middlesbrough sheltered

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