HC Deb 11 February 1987 vol 110 cc235-8W
Mr. Pike

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will list in the Official Report those local authorities in England whose total of housing classified as unfit together with those classified as fit but lacking basic amenities is over 5 per cent. of their total housing stock as recorded on form HIP 1; and if he will give the percentage in each case;

(2) if he will list in the Official Report those local authorities which have over 20 per cent. of their total housing stock indicated in form HIP 1 as being non substandard dwellings in need of renovation; and if he will give the percentage in each case.

Mr. Tracey

The inforation requested is as follows. Numbers reported are not necessarily comparable as authorities' criterion may differ and national totals are not consistent with estimates from the English house condition survey of 1981.

Local authorities with more than 5 per cent, of dwelling stock substandard (unfit or fit but lacking basic amenities) April 1986: England
Local authority Percentage of total stock
1. Newham 28.5
2. Hackney 22.6
3. Lewisham 122.0
4. Hammersmith and Fulham 119.6
5. Lambeth 19.2
6. Southwark 18.8
7. Haringey 17.2
8. Kensington and Chelsea 116.8
9. Tower Hamlets 16.8
10. Blackburn 16.6
11. Camden 16.5
12. South Herefordshire 16.0
13. St. Helens 15.3
14. Wandsworth 115.2
15. Rugby 114.7
16. Birmingham 14.7
17. Stoke-on-Trent 114.6
18. Hyndburn 14.6
19. Caradon 14.6
20. Mendip 14.2
21. Bolton 13.6
22. Sandwell 113.5
23. Staffordshire Moorlands 113.2
24. Forest of Dean 112.3
25. Leominster 12.2
26. Chorley 11.8
27. Wolverhampton 11.8
28. Trafford 11.7
29. Kettering 11.6
30. South Holland 11.6
31. Torridge 11.5
32. Malvern Hills 11.0
33. Waltham Forest 10.6
34. Hounslow 10.6
35. Richmond upon Thames 10.5
36. Leeds 10 5

Local authority Percentage of total stock
37. Barnsley 10.5
38. Penwith 10.3
39. Islington 10.2
40. Leicester 110.1
41. Cleethorpes 10.0
42. Thurrock 9.9
43. Brighton 9.7
44. Ealing 19.6
45. Norwich 19.6
46. Bath 29.6
47. Allerdale 9.6
48. Mid Suffolk 9.4
49. East Staffordshire 9.4
50. Oldham 9.4
51. Hastings 9.3
52. Westminster 9.3
53. Kingston upon Hull 9.2
54. Portsmouth 9.1
55. Oswestry 9.0
56. Pendle 9.0
57. Great Grimsby 8.9
58. Reading 8.9
59. Kirklees 38.8
60. Carrick 8.8
61. Walsall 8.8
62. Bristol 8.7
63. South Derbyshire 8.5
64. Kennet 8.5
65. Teignbridge 18.4
66. Tameside 8.2
67. Durham 8.2
68. Ipswich 8.2
69. Rossendale 8.1
70. Manchester 18.0
71. Sheffield 8.0
72. Restormel 7.7
73. Kerrier 7.6
74. Taunton Deane 7.5
75. Great Yarmouth 7.4
76. Southampton 7.4
77. Liverpool 7.3
78. Wyre Forest 7.3
79. Carlisle 7.2
80. Bolsover 7.2
81. Burnley 7.2
82. Macclesfield 7.1
83. Derby 7.1
84. Rochester upon Medway 16.9
85. Thamesdown 16.9
86. Maidstone 6.9
87. Erewash 6.9
88. Greenwich 6.8
89. Harrow 16.7
90. Rochdale 6.7
91. Lincoln 6.7
92. Dudley 6.6
93. Kings Lynn and West Norfolk 6.6
94. Merton 6.6
95. Chesterfield 6.5
96. North Norfolk 6.4
97. Doncaster 6.4
98. Eastbourne 6.3
99. West Wiltshire 6.3
100. Chelmsford 6.3
101. Woodspring 16.2
102. Warrington 6.2
103. Salford 6.2
104. High Peak 16.2
105. Ashford 6.1
106. West Lindsey 6.0
107. Hillingdon' 6.0
108. Oxford 6.0
109. Thanet 15.9
110. Sutton 15.8
111. Northampton 5.8
112. Brent 5.8

Local authority Percentage of total stock
113. Breckland 15.8
114. Runnymede 5.7
115. Hartlepool 5.7
116. Sedgemoor 15.7
117. Newcastle upon Tyne 5.7
118. Eastleigh 5.7
119. Blyth Valley 5.6
120. Scarborough 5.6
121. Gedling 5.6
122. Preston 5.6
123. Maldon 5.5
124. Selby 5.3
125. Harrogate 15.3
126. Wychavon 5.3
127. Hinckley and Bosworth 5.2
128. North West Leicestershire 5.2
129. Bradford 5.2
130. Darlington 5.2
131. Forest Heath 5.1
132. Ashfield 5.1
133. Wirral 5.1
134. Harborough 5.0
135. Sefton 15.0
136. Plymouth 5.0
1 Return of substandard dwellings incomplete in respect of housing associations or other public sector or both.
2 Total stock includes allowance for other public sector stock not included in HIP return.
3 Return of substandard dwellings incomplete in respect of local authority and other public sector dwellings.

Local Authorities with more than 20 per cent, of dwelling stock non-substandard but in need of renovation April 1986: England
Local authority Per cent. of total stock
1. Rossendale 56.6
2. Bournemouth 50.7
3. Sheffield 49.1
4. Sedgefield 49.0
5. North Tyneside 44.6
6. Stoke-on-Trent 43.9
7. Barking and Dagenham 41.0
8. Oswestry 139.5
9. Bolton 35.5
10. Manchester 135.4
11. Barnsley 35.1
12. Wakefield 35.1
13. Leeds 35.0
14. St. Helens 33.1
15. Scunthorpe 33.0
16. Tower Hamlets 32.8
17. Gateshead 31.8
18. Thamesdown 131.4
19. Torridge 31.3
20. Tameside 30.6
21. Leicester 130.6
22. Pendle 30.3
23. Cleethorpes 30.2
24. Hartlepool 29.0
25. Hackney 28.8
26. Langbaurgh 128.5
27. Shrewsbury and Atcham 28.4
28. Islington 28.2
29. Middlesborough 28.0
30. Mid Suffolk 27.6
31. Ipswich 27.5
32. Oxford 27.5
33. Nottingham 27.3
34. Newham 27.3
35. East Lindsey 27.0
36. Sunderland 26.9
37. Birmingham 26.7
38. Reading 26.7
39. Rotherham 126.7

Local authority Per cent. of total stock
40. Hyndburn 26.6
41. Spelthorne 126.5
42. Kirklees 126.2
43. Barrow.in.Furness 26.1
44. West Lindsey 25.8
45. Hounslow 25.7
46. Great Yarmouth 25.4
47. Brent 25.2
48. Allerdale 25.0
49. Burnley 24.8
50. Haringey 24.4
51. Easington 24.4
52. Brighton 24.0
53. Newcastle upon Tyne 22.9
54. Blackburn 22.8
55. Chesterfield 22.4
56. Warrington 22.4
57. Rugby 122.3
58. Kensington and Chelsea 122.2
59. Wirral 22.0
60. Calderdale 22.0
61. South Derbyshire 21.8
62. Durham 21.6
63. Waltham Forest 21.4
64. Worcester 21.4
65. South Ribble 21 3
66. North Cornwall 21.3
67. Kingston upon Hull 21.2
68. Suffolk Coastal 120.8
69. Peterborough 20.8
70. Plymouth 20.7
71. Trafford 20.6
72. East Cambridgeshire 20.6
73. Ealing 120.2
1 Return of non-substandard dwellings in need of renovation incomplete in respect of housing associations or other public sector or both.