§ Mr. Simon Hughesasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what changes have taken place in the number of empty dwellings in Greater London and in each of its component boroughs and the City in (a) the private sector and (b) the public sector in each of the last six years up to the latest date for which information is available.
§ Sir George YoungThe available information is from housing authorities' annual housing investment programme returns, which, except for their own dwelling stock, are based on such evidence as they can gather. Figures for consecutive years may not be comparable because they are not on a common basis, so that apparent changes must be interpreted with caution, not only for the private sector but for the public sector, which includes, as well as council houses, some dwellings owned by other public authorities and by housing associations.
The figures reported by the authorities for each year from 1978 and the increases or decreases each year are given in the following table, with estimates for Greater London which include allowances for missing figures.
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Private Sector Public Sector 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 Croyden 2,900 2,900 3,100 3,100 2,839 2,542 3,228 370 290 360 362 431 456 422 Ealing 1,582 1,489 2,331 2,272 2,111 2,100 2,195 670 758 943 1,013 858 784 735 Enfield * * * * 3,149 2,900 2,179 †382 †605 †454 †381 †345 †497 †613 Greenwich 1,500 1,539 1,686 1,386 1,140 2,206 2,126 1,158 1,331 964 1,286 1,550 1,227 1,321 Hackney 1,600 1,750 2,450 2,870 2,780 1,980 2,553 3,147 3,750 4,300 4,880 4,890 3,899 3,577 Hammersmith & Fulham 2,770 4,147 3,441 3,767 4,774 4,794 4,862 †1,483 1,602 2,209 1,873 1,765 1,578 1,419 Haringey 2,370 1,935 1,121 1,530 2,422 2,962 3,310 2,076 2,358 2,479 2,110 1,238 1,133 1,153 Harrow 970 1,220 1,328 1,832 1,540 1,687 1,382 170 183 126 120 145 168 195 Havering 1,300 1,400 1,538 1,584 1,590 1,608 1,628 410 510 326 449 453 504 438 Hillingdon 1,510 940 1,200 1,215 1,220 1,241 1,270 710 1,171 671 955 778 594 465 Hounslow 1,580 2,137 2,125 1,474 3,322 2,197 2,627 123 796 846 526 678 533 341 Islington 1,856 1,824 5,100 5,647 5,092 5,275 3,200 3,810 4,793 3,836 3,289 2,908 2,725 2,764 Kensington & Chelsea 3,147 2,813 5,952 6,000 8,080 8,080 8,080 2,253 2,387 †570 1,480 1,619 1,277 1, 121 Kingston upon Thames 900 1,270 1,276 1,071 1,051 1,497 1,393 206 †128 156 144 167 164 201 Lambeth 2,150 2,170 2,700 2,700 3,990 3,610 3,610 4,850 4,630 †3,140 3,200 2,640 2,990 2,516 Lewisham 4,700 3,400 2,500 2,006 2,514 2,500 2,500 1,763 2,430 †2,250 2,694 2,286 2,196 2,348 Merton 1,533 1,968 2,500 2,540 2,540 3,061 2,123 236 122 †312 †168 †224 †334 411 Newham 1,730 2,357 2,337 2,321 1,894 2,194 2,325 1,154 †1,073 †1,670 1,537 1,504 1,243 1,799 Redbridge 2,100 2,500 2,600 2,600 2,513 2,534 2,559 320 390 315 310 522 463 339 Richmond upon Thames 2,350 2,629 2,883 * 2,918 2,955 2,985 158 332 297 †209 143 165 143 Southwark 2,400 1,525 3,750 2,290 1,500 1,500 1,500 3,985 4,275 3,986 4,710 4,978 5,093 4,002 Sutton 1,083 695 794 649 434 795 820 †217 317 335 270 189 152 210 Tower Hamlets 510 510 400 450 400 403 438 2,192 2,811 3,138 2,951 2,434 2,700 2,390 Waltham Forest 2,106 2,507 2,502 2,510 2,526 2,472 2,486 727 940 1,265 1,131 1,087 896 851 Wandsworth 3,194 3,780 4,619 3,857 3,910 3,725 2,102 2,257 2,770 2,511 †2,406 2,029 1,697 1,937 Westminster 4,150 6,230 5,736 7,426 8,000 8,000 7,800 912 1,770 2,064 1,747 1,853 2,060 1,688 67,000 71,400 83,300 82,800 91,800 91,700 88,300 46,000 49,800 49,000 46,400 42,700 40,500 39,700 * Not known. † One or more elements not known. n/a = Not applicable. Source: HIP returns.
Table 2 Change in vacant dwellings in Greater London by borough 1978 to 1984 at 1 April in each year Private Sector Public Sector 1978 to 1979 1979 to 1980 1980 to 1981 1981 to 1982 1982 to 1983 1983 to 1984 1978 to 1979 1979 to 1980 1980 to 1981 1981 to 1982 1982 to 1983 1983 to 1984 Greater London Council n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a † † † † † † City of London 0 * * * * * -1 9 110 65 † † Barking & Dagenham 26 -159 93 * * * 540 -524 4 † † † Barnet 106 1,471 18 21 -625 -122 480 -182 -115 14 10 -9 Bexley 664 63 -26 15 295 22 † † 46 -3 -17 48 Brent 0 300 0 486 -662 129 50 -150 -448 -150 52 121 Bromley -76 -350 -42 731 -393 -93 -14 -70 † † † † Camden -37 27 7 -319 506 287 -1,045 -212 -137 † † -31 Croydon 0 200 0 -261 -297 686 -80 70 2 69 25 -34 Ealing -93 842 -59 -161 -11 95 88 185 70 -155 -74 -49 Enfield * * * * -249 -721 † † † † † Greenwich 39 147 -300 -246 1,066 -80 173 -367 322 264 -323 94 Hackney 150 700 420 -90 -800 573 603 550 580 10 -991 -322 Hammersmith & Fulham 1,377 -706 326 1,007 20 68 † 607 -336 -108 -187 -159 Haringey -435 -814 409 892 540 348 282 121 -369 -872 -105 20 Harrow 250 108 504 -292 147 -305 13 -57 -6 25 23 27 Havering 100 138 46 6 18 20 100 -184 123 4 51 -66 Hillingdon -570 260 15 5 21 29 461 -500 284 -177 -184 -129 Hounslow 557 -12 -651 1,848 -1,125 430 673 50 -320 152 -145 -192 Islington -32 3,276 547 -555 183 -2,075 983 -957 -547 -381 -183 39 Kensington & Chelsea -334 3,139 48 2,080 0 0 134 † † 139 -342 -156 Kingston upon Thames 370 6 -205 -20 446 -104 † † -12 23 -3 37 Lambeth 20 530 0 1,290 -380 0 -220 † † -560 350 -474 Lewisham -1,300 -900 -494 508 -14 0 667 † † -408 -90 152 Merton 435 532 40 0 521 -938 -104 † † † † † Newham 627 -20 -16 -427 300 131 † † † -33 -261 556 Redbridge 400 100 0 -87 21 25 70 -75 -5 212 -59 -124 Richmond upon Thames 279 254 * * 37 30 174 -35 † † 22 48 Southwark -875 2,225 -1,460 -790 0 0 290 -289 724 268 115 -1,091 Sutton -388 99 -145 -215 361 25 † 18 -65 -81 -37 58 Tower Hamlets 0 -110 50 -50 3 35 619 327 -187 -517 266 -310 Waltham Forest 401 -5 8 16 -54 14 213 325 -134 -44 -191 -45 Wandsworth 586 839 -762 53 -185 -1,623 513 -259 † † -332 240 Westminster 2,080 -491 1,690 574 0 -200 858 294 -317 106 207 -372 +4,300 +11,900 -500 +9,000 -100 -3,400 +3,800 -800 -2,600 -3,700 -2,200 -800 * Not known (Private sector). † One or more elements not known (Public sector). n/a = Not applicable.