HC Deb 03 December 1987 vol 123 cc702-4W
Mrs. Beckett

To ask 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 if he will identify, in respect of class authorisations, the particular type of dwelling for which each authorisation was granted.

Mr. Portillo

The information requested for the period 1 December 1986 to 30 November 1987 is shown in the table and list. The class authorisations were granted for dwellings providing sheltered accommodation and, in the case of Coventry, also for accommodation for disabled people.

General Applications for High Rent Scheme 1986–87
Local Authority Application Authorisation
Public Private Public Private
London Borough of Barnet • • •
London Borough of Camden • •
London Borough of Ealing • •
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham • • •
London Borough of Harrow • •
London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea • • • •
London Borough of Kingston upon Thames • •
London Borough of Merton • •
London Borough of Redbridge • •
London Borough of Sutton • •
London Borough of Wandsworth • •
London Borough of Westminster • • • •
Blaenau Gwent • •
Brighton • •
Eastbourne • •
Epsom and Ewell • •
Middlesbrough • •
Ogwr • •
Southend on Sea • •
Telford • •
Test Valley • •
Wealden • •
Wirral • •
• High rent schemes.

Local Authorities granted class authorisations

  • London Borough of Ealing
  • London Borough of Hackney
  • London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
  • London Borough of Richmond on Thames
  • London Borough of Southwark
  • London Borough of Wandsworth
  • Argyll and Bute
  • Ashford
  • Badenoch and Strathspey
  • Bath
  • Berwickshire
  • Bolsover
  • Bradford
  • Bristol
  • Broxtowe
  • Chesterfield
  • Coventry
  • Cumnock and Doon Valley
  • Easington
  • East Devon
  • East Lothian
  • Edinburgh
  • Elmbridge
  • Ettrick and Lauderdale
  • Falkirk
  • Gedling
  • Gordon
  • Inverclyde
  • Kerrier
    • 704
  • Kirkcaldy
  • Leicester
  • Liverpool
  • Lochaber
  • Manchester
  • Merthyr Tydfil
  • Middlesbrough
  • Midlothian
  • Milton Keynes
  • Moray
  • Nottingham
  • Portsmouth
  • Roxburgh
  • Southampton
  • South Holland
  • Staffordshire Moorlands
  • Stewarty
  • Stockton-on-Tees
  • Wakefield
  • Wear Valley
  • West Lothian
  • Western Isles
  • Wokingham
  • Wrekin