HC Deb 27 February 1986 vol 92 cc665-6W
Mr. Thornton

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list for each London borough (a) the total starts and completions of council dwellings between 1979 and 1984, (b) the total sales of council dwellings between 1979 and 1984 and (c) the recorded levels of homelessness in each borough in 1979 and 1984.

Sir George Young

The numbers of house building starts and completions reported by each of the London boroughs for 1979 appear in issue 59 of "London Housing Statistics", for the years 1980 to 1983 in issue 73 and for 1984 in issue 74. Reported numbers of households accepted as homeless during 1979 are in issue 54 and during 1984 in issues 72 and 74. Copies of these publications are in the Library.

Following are the total sales of council dwellings reported by authorities in London for the period April 1979 to March 1985:

Total sales of council dwellings in London April 1979 to March 1985
Number
Greater London Council 15,065
City of London 635
Barking and Dagenham 4,989
Barnet 2,995
Bexley 1,896
Brent *1,096
Bromley 3,597
Camden 450
Croydon 3,515
Ealing *3,453
Enfield 3,159
Greenwich 1,922
Hackney *412
Hammersmith and Fulham 1,375
Haringey 1,552
Harrow 1,316
Havering 4,431
Hillingdon *3,599
Hounslow 1,965
Islington *742
Kensington and Chelsea 527
Kingston upon Thames 1,201
Lambeth *1,024
Lewisham *1,770
Merton 2,656
Newham *2,794
Redbridge 2,252
Richmond upon Thames 1,183
Southwark 1,170
Sutton 1,598
Tower Hamlets *472
Waltham Forest *1,838
Wandsworth 7,006
Westminster *982

* Reports of sales incomplete