HC Deb 30 January 1987 vol 109 cc446-57W
Sir Hugh

Rossi asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give the comparative figures for areas of (a) council house rents and (b) local authority mortgage repayments indicating the global sums, the number of cases in each and the relationship of these figures in percentage terms to the total numbers of lettings and mortgages as the case may be.

Mr. Ridley

The available figures on English local authorities' housing and mortgage loans are shown below. Information on all rented housing and mortgage loans in each area is not available.

Rent and mortgage payments received by local authorities 1985–86 Housing stock and mortgages outstanding at end of 1985–86 England
Local authority mortgage lending to private persons
Local authority housing Council dwelling sales Other
Local authority Gross rent received

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Housing stock Interest payments

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Repayments of principal

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Number outstanding Repayment of principal

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Number outstanding
Hartlepool 8,888 11,168 506 436 649 125 192
Langbaurgh 14,384 16,904 650 640 765 280 533
Middlesbrough 18,338 18,033 340 340 553 411 670
Stockton-on-Tees 14,892 18,803 1,241 n/a 1,016 n/a 4142
Chester-le-Street 6,180 7,431 69 93 73 97 282
Darlington 5,427 8,251 276 454 420 221 408
Derwentside 9,173 12,518 510 820 901 152 386
Durham 7,772 11,346 69 52 77 87 214
Easington 16,063 18,764 838 864 1,179 148 226
Sedgefield 12,750 15,009 580 1,160 n/a 275 n/a
Teesdale 887 1,318 72 39 92 124 264
Wear Valley 6,468 8,149 111 63 132 200 631
Alnwick 2,574 2,959 67 202 64 54 245
Berwick-upon-Tweed 3,046 3,740 78 84 111 7 37
Blyth Valley 7,932 9,972 410 950 377 182 220
Castle Morpeth 3,322 4,057 255 n/a 198 n/a 186
Tynedale 3,292 4,735 35 n/a n/a n/a n/a
Wansbeck 7,078 9,543 383 596 406 558 1,344
Gateshead 26,511 35,797 280 128 274 750 1,241
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 38,080 46,222 754 737 1,180 428 722
North Tyneside 20,895 28,745 1,172 1,000 n/a 381 n/a
South Tyneside 23,874 29,906 2,212 148 n/a 98 2,856
Sunderland 31,317 53,041 731 n/a 863 n/a 1,592
Beverley 3,255 5,485 147 183 184 68 146
Boothferry 3,454 4,740 142 129 254 213 134
Cleethorpes 2,840 3,529 149 144 309 344 563
East Yorkshire 4,091 4,884 145 237 167 37 16
Glanford 2,906 3,764 353 388 683 71 263
Great Grimsby 6,804 8,302 204 346 535 192 4.54
Holderness 1,810 2,535 121 304 120 19 36
Kingston-upon-Hull 32,309 46,727 288 606 311 297 496
Scunthorpe 8,123 9,385 764 597 1,142 295 627
Craven 1,575 2,298 52 161 n/a 30 n/a
Hambleton 3,540 4,899 86 292 76 20 53
Harrogate 4,370 6,063 207 176 267 53 76
Richmondshire 2,191 2,795 42 21 39 25 114
Ryedale 2,571 3,843 103 118 116 121 208
Scarborough 5,153 7,452 94 116 n/a 30 n/a
Selby 3,990 5,476 555 493 603 90 249
York 6,170 10,545 789 2,396 755 280 348
Barnsley 21,597 31,124 1,149 n/a 1,371 n/a 1,769
Doncaster 23,596 34,421 1,547 926 1,952 196 567
Rotherham 25,506 34,108 1,708 1,582 2,060 178 458
Sheffield 79,617 90,003 922 4,498 691 1,199 1,810
Bradford 27,517 36,250 2,692 2,000 4,805 2,200 3,694
Calderdale 11,170 15,600 652 1,066 1,137 669 831
Kirklees 22,880 35,211 1,322 1,381 2,200 1,082 1,603
Leeds 60,152 92,269 4,042 4,823 5,145 1,541 2,408
Wakefield 31,401 44,663 751 975 880 946 1,561
Amber Valley 5,995 7,619 473 1,684 387 137 431
Bolsover 7,101 8,350 622 497 808 178 426
Chesterfield 9,186 13,658 447 283 484 239 348
Derby 14,715 20,699 993 1,030 1,397 194 315
Erewash 6,280 8,388 470 608 617 186 359
High Peak 4,689 6,153 217 253 321 104 348
North East Derbyshire 8,539 11,192 320 389 340 130 232
South Derbyshire 3,578 4,716 304 200 333 80 166
West Derbyshire 3,422 4,077 314 174 309 80 254
Blaby 2,077 3,238 113 99 n/a 84 n/a
Charnwood 5,359 8,352 339 n/a 350 700 367
Harborough 2,503 3,285 186 118 189 48 111
Hinckley and Bosworth 3,763 5,062 168 121 n/a 30 n/a
Leicester 29,928 34,087 558 658 619 1,082 1,684
Melton 2,146 2,737 162 190 200 39 37
North West Leicestershire 4,984 5,995 226 186 229 145 360
Oadby and Wigston 1,195 1,834 165 182 164 38 59
Rutland 1,278 1,925 23 32 31 9 36
Boston 3,670 5,809 13 13 n/a 25 4

Local authority mortgage lending to private persons
Local authority housing Council dwelling sales Other
Local authority Gross rent received

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Housing stock Interest payments

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Repayments of principal

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Number outstanding Repayment of principal

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Number outstanding
East Lindsey 3,957 5,903 198 325 216 82 201
Lincoln 6,999 10,525 82 225 70 135 188
North Kesteven 4,055 5,263 111 135 112 29 104
South Holland 3,948 5,523 212 82 n/a 43 n/a
South Kesteven 6,770 9,172 277 646 321 217 170
West Lindsey 3,808 4,906 282 145 308 49 170
Corby 7,033 9,796 1,169 1,129 1,489 193 582
Daventry 3,749 4,965 126 135 123 40 83
East Northamptonshire 3,086 5,294 397 286 495 70 135
Kettering 4,952 5,920 88 106 196 67 124
Northampton 15,346 18,306 1,021 n/a n/a n/a n/a
South Northamptonshire 2,557 4,541 833 1,014 843 133 188
Wellingborough 6,007 6,913 342 410 482 62 71
Ashfield 7,927 10,884 497 n/a 560 n/a 892
Bassetlaw 7,321 9,982 791 1,685 1,018 384 331
Broxtowe 5,963 6,764 709 767 875 739 820
Gedling 4,526 5,744 634 593 900 489 833
Mansfield 9,197 10,424 485 300 619 500 484
Newark and Sherwood 6,077 8,101 775 1,670 909 75 122
Nottingham 36,962 45,928 6,288 5,763 7,156 1,260 1,194
Rushcliffe 3,653 4,487 781 680 886 427 721
Luton 10,601 11,956 1,614 2,016 1,259 784 1,172
Mid Bedfordshire 5,621 7,967 1,146 1,183 859 491 322
North Bedfordshire 6,968 8,198 1,104 1,503 n/a 409 n/a
South Bedfordshire 6,783 7,925 735 681 518 205 244
Aylesbury 8,848 11,127 930 1,287 723 120 208
Chiltern 3,961 5,099 624 971 384 210 155
Milton Keynes 5,989 7,163 716 1,114 685 670 440
South Bucks 2,981 3,662 656 3,288 303 138 23
Wycombe 7,866 10,094 2,826 3,392 1,829 276 488
Cambridge 8,412 10,727 730 703 557 122 119
East Cambridgeshire 3,668 4,789 387 335 416 40 85
Fenland 3,677 5,352 569 801 n/a 122 1
Huntingdonshire 6,412 8,736 1,259 1,477 1,401 228 494
Peterborough 7,700 9,664 520 n/a n/a n/a n/a
South Cambridgeshire 5,755 7,788 514 397 418 60 81
Basildon 5,405 6,071 19 n.a. 267 10 156
Braintree 9,209 11,600 884 810 589 51 173
Brentwood 3,161 3,713 583 410 429 110 341
Castle Point 2,146 2,376 205 326 131 n.a. 392
Chelmsford 7,352 9,783 779 943 623 22 99
Colchester 7,992 9,138 1,670 2,042 1,760 552 808
Epping Forest n.a. n.a. n.a. 2,726 1,731 360 634
Harlow 12,774 17,482 590 856 339 31 30
Maldon 2,000 2,501 174 374 208 96 89
Rochford 2,486 2,521 184 n.a. 111 n.a. 280
Southend-on-Sea 8,908 8,105 447 312 439 353 616
Tendring 3,707 4,327 572 732 586 121 256
Thurrock 12,664 15,556 2,078 n.a. 84 n.a. 154
Uttlesford 3,624 4,078 302 399 222 98 7
Broxbourne 5,059 5,116 265 330 271 297 509
Dacorum 12,082 16,181 2,020 2,655 n.a. 134 n.a.
East Hertfordshire 7,168 8,515 576 713 351 108 250
Hertsmere n.a. n.a. n.a. 495 n.a. n.a. n.a.
North Hertfordshire 9,759 11,888 854 1,803 682 342 464
St. Albans 5,872 7,930 738 2,915 562 658 473
Stevenage 11,189 13,791 1,216 1,777 713 464 773
Three Rivers 5,244 5,951 643 627 n.a. 113 n.a.
Watford 5,172 6,649 100 85 105 228 420
Welwyn Hatfield 11,477 14,673 569 381 367 893 316
Breckland 5,183 7,573 1,169 1,572 1,375 302 595
Broadland 3,108 3,963 144 676 n.a. 76 n.a.
Great Yarmouth 5,816 7,918 94 172 99 92 71
King's Lynn and West Norfolk 6,589 9,544 1,119 1,571 n.a. 383 n.a.
North Norfolk 4,596 6,338 254 406 230 98 211
Norwich 18,571 23,103 453 150 377 677 885
South Norfolk 4,990 5,868 175 93 162 116 296
Babergh 4,237 5,236 477 597 407 50 155
Forest Heath 3,687 4,538 411 467 422 148 238
Ipswich 8,778 11,704 33 38 26 61 69

Local authority mortgage lending to private persons
Local authority housing Council dwelling sales Other
Local authority Gross rent received

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Housing stock Interest payments

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Repayments of principal

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Number outstanding Repayment of principal

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Number outstanding
Mid Suffolk 4,125 4,826 116 116 81 73 130
St. Edmundsbury 6,514 8,892 37 94 42 172 218
Suffolk Coastal 4,363 5,944 50 49 69 55 185
Waveney 5,368 6,485 675 594 818 261 537
City of London 2,336 2,305 0 473 128 0 0
Barking and Dagenham 23,257 32,098 4,239 3,344 2,975 345 318
Barnet 21,008 17,563 2,047 1,666 1,395 687 985
Bexley 9,649 11,132 1,912 1,798 1,423 763 1,078
Brent 16,242 21,474 257 124 135 454 159
Bromley 15,670 16,094 2,150 2,404 1,537 1,065 1,223
Camden 26,419 35,252 76 375 111 1,330 683
Croydon 20,548 19,592 2,406 2,333 n.a. 741 n.a.
Ealing 20,646 20,433 4,174 4,045 3,086 569 222
Enfield 20,630 20,740 2,921 3,141 1,783 511 538
Greenwich 28,070 36,929 686 490 368 1,600 1,307
Hackney 28,826 49,422 237 101 167 504 879
Hammersmith and Fulham 21,327 19,308 1,009 970 542 1,122 1,198
Haringey 18,147 25,081 757 363 405 1,314 1,431
Harrow 9,363 8,360 904 n.a. 560 280 220
Havering 16,400 16,674 4,165 5,469 2,914 792 867
Hillingdon 19,698 17,964 5,279 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Hounslow 17,985 20,176 1,884 1,102 1,045 364 653
Islington 31,428 41,420 440 n.a. 177 n.a. 297
Kensington and Chelsea 14,326 8,756 394 n.a. 162 1,291 480
Kingston upon Thames 7,460 6,563 1,356 2,040 808 869 599
Lambeth 38,222 49,300 438 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Lewisham 33,061 42,421 1,489 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Merton n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 1,048 n.a. 609
Newham 23,738 32,183 130 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Redbridge 14,061 11,129 3,001 2,665 2,404 3,251 2,051
Richmond upon Thames 10,009 9,870 1,182 782 n.a. 186 n.a.
Southwark 50,655 62,024 177 142 351 239 312
Sutton 13,161 11,917 921 1,159 578 451 351
Tower Hamlets 31,341 47,295 312 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Waltham Forest 17,842 21,180 1,245 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Wandsworth 39,782 34,135 6,604 5,331 3,783 1,393 889
Westminster 28,117 23,300 933 n.a. 500 n.a. 5.50
Bracknell 8,688 10,335 2,531 3,451 1,334 374 554
Newbury 6,444 7,923 765 2,057 373 102 214
Reading 8,846 9,968 1,604 1,432 1,385 954 1,501
Slough n.a. n.a. n.a. 1,866 1,401 328 283
Windsor and Maidenhead 6,980 7,543 1,785 1,548 1,217 1,104 1,552
Wokingham 3,453 3,693 863 1,222 458 146 435
Brighton 13,081 11,698 735 984 n.a. 1,193 n.a.
Eastbourne 5,055 5,161 294 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Hastings 3,972 4,981 117 135 95 332 367
Hove 3,625 4,453 344 252 256 276 244
Lewes 3,848 4,326 435 550 341 317 261
Rother 2,863 3,998 211 331 173 142 153
Wealden 4,776 4,337 75 23 60 37 63
Basingstoke and Deane 10,806 11,838 3,448 4,559 n.a. 543 n.a.
East Hampshire 4,639 4,893 621 1,896 329 146 286
Eastleigh 4,549 5,268 1,232 1,181 1,076 885 876
Fareham 3,038 3,364 95 218 117 42 44
Gosport 4,902 5,782 732 996 554 103 316
Hart n.a. n.a. n.a. 491 338 145 219
Havant 3,898 3,965 282 452 180 66 80
New Forest 6,944 7,022 812 2,055 466 273 248
Portsmouth 21,171 22,896 1,955 3,297 1,844 710 1,033
Rushmoor 6,091 6,177 732 2,038 659 123 441
Southampton 17,067 21,544 2,359 3,432 2,982 478 640
Test Valley 7,278 7,468 496 1,326 325 36 88
Winchester 5,645 6,750 221 247 185 147 221
Medina 3,130 3,237 302 n.a. 120 n.a. 380
South Wight 2,136 2,390 230 140 206 230 455
Ashford 8,275 8,709 245 302 173 93 248
Canterbury 6,028 7,155 1,073 942 973 325 756
Dartford 5,887 6,553 1,495 1,052 1,034 179 336
Dover 6,712 7,939 469 1,154 395 106 372
Gillingham 3,918 4,409 245 373 n.a. 153 n.a.

Local authority mortgage lending to private persons
Local authority housing Council dwelling sales Other
Local authority Gross rent received £ thousand Housing stock Interest payments £ thousand Repayments of principal £ thousand Number outstanding Repayments of principal £ thousand Number outstanding
Graveshara 6,825 8,244 567 486 542 210 400
Maidstone 6,381 8,896 1,032 1,156 787 108 217
Rochester upon Medway 10,269 10,300 2,678 2,619 n.a. 529 n.a.
Sevenoaks 6,908 7,373 582 479 389 149 370
Shepway 4,724 4,505 247 550 234 40 153
Swale 7,460 8,314 884 716 779 392 709
Thanet 6,501 7,494 862 1,009 804 384 456
Tonbridge and Mailing 5,776 6,844 1,008 1,269 695 250 482
Tunbridge Wells 5,055 6,453 646 605 n.a. 204 n.a.
Cherwell 6,715 8,258 550 600 n.a. 400 n.a.
Oxford 6,485 10,070 902 852 932 325 617
South Oxfordshire 6,706 7,731 958 2,697 n.a. 269 n.a.
Vale of White Horse 4,873 6,266 943 1,173 1,009 326 601
West Oxfordshire 4,036 5,053 486 320 361 146 305
Elmbridge 5,456 5,882 519 713 270 216 283
Epsom and Ewell 2,688 2,278 484 n.a. 251 n.a. 135
Guildford 6,844 7,420 634 612 434 114 274
Mole Valley 3,720 4,677 644 412 346 75 107
Reigate and Banstead 5,881 7,309 553 806 n.a. 135 n.a.
Runnymede 4,017 4,317 423 731 231 209 219
Spelthorne n.a. n.a. n.a. 2,028 392 75 119
Surrey Heath 3,088 3,547 1,699 1,500 n.a. 126 n.a.
Tandridge 3,909 4,188 529 604 215 95 129
Waverley 5,720 6,819 419 443 287 309 533
Woking 4,746 4,845 846 951 511 251 421
Adur 3,551 3,895 292 428 260 64 171
Arun 5,426 5,252 824 1,343 700 226 162
Chichester 6,455 7,123 407 670 357 187 331
Crawley 10,901 12,392 845 994 476 88 165
Horsham 5,201 6,205 150 173 118 158 159
Mid Sussex 3,817 4,950 678 1,093 483 327 539
Worthing 2,511 3,001 540 647 n.a. 210 n.a.
Bath 6,804 7,499 569 807 601 463 872
Bristol 31,478 41,356 4,275 3,526 4,937 1,332 2,733
Kingswood 3,844 5,156 565 487 584 194 399
Northavon 4,710 5,888 965 674 824 135 293
Wansdyke 3,663 5,343 539 670 546 40 86
Woodspring 7,493 9,000 761 635 n.a. 378 n.a.
Caradon 3,778 4,543 181 166 138 283 295
Carrick 3,899 5,169 358 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Kerrier 3,487 4,188 207 183 187 322 571
North Cornwall 3,770 4,491 271 730 n.a. 62 n.a.
Pen with 3,413 4,019 167 159 154 197 421
Restormel 3,068 4,465 444 266 409 378 971
Isles of Stilly 115 121 0 0 n.a. 2 n.a.
East Devon 3,625 5,912 704 922 693 121 164
Exeter 5,050 8,088 589 678 619 151 261
Mid Devon 3,885 4,831 211 151 n.a. 40 112
North Devon 3,803 4,310 115 569 n.a. 36 n.a.
Plymouth 17,359 22,539 2,619 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
South Hams 3,602 4,070 239 389 223 63 123
Teignbridge 4,612 5,278 144 109 132 99 163
Torbay 3,560 4,418 26 38 n.a. 381 n.a.
Torridge 2,237 2,529 126 1,033 132 47 115
West Devon 1,794 1,859 198 261 178 81 109
Bournemouth 6.206 6,640 42S 913 376 124 194
Christchurch 1,457 1,770 207 n/a n/a n/a n/a
North Dorset 2,498 3,456 14 18 29 11 37
Poole 5,623 6,471 196 128 132 37 211
Purbeck 1,859 2,236 10S 100 63 34 73
West Dorset 4,907 6,026 HI 51 84 108 154
Weymouth and Portland 3,622 4,057 70 116 109 88 213
Wimborne 2,405 2,536 145 184 n/a 33 n/a
Cheltenham 5,105 6,985 377 338 319 218 695
Cotswold 4,502 5,158 161 99 202 27 153
Forest of Dean 4,238 5,373 182 86 163 167 434
Gloucester 5,060 6,515 66 42 n/a 327 n/a
Stroud 5,259 7,402 290 263 272 114 213
Tewkesbury 3,334 4,224 149 98 136 125 345
Mendip 4,714 6,460 467 811 411 68 201
Sedgemoor 5,264 6,614 520 584 544 165 297

Local authority mortgage lending to private persons
Local authority housing Council dwelling sales Other
Local authority Gross rent received £ thousand Housing stock Interest payments £ thousand Repayments of principal £ thousand Number outstanding Repayment of principal £ thousand Number outstanding
Local authority mortgage lending to private persons
Local authority housing Council dwelling sales Other
Local authority Gross rent received £ thousand Housing stock Interest payments £ thousand Repayments of principal £ thousand Number outstanding Repayments of principal £ thousand Number outstanding
South Somerset 7,001 12,020 413 486 378 89 249
Taunton Deane 6,652 8,643 510 896 365 257 348
West Somerset 1,755 2,104 190 311 146 51 92
Kennet 4,612 5,819 97 69 85 40 79
North Wiltshire 5,891 7,606 722 998 723 242 503
Salisbury 6,103 8,314 559 388 394 145 238
Thamesdown 13,097 14,304 897 860 908 1,476 1,536
West Wiltshire 5,921 6,980 842 867 1,017 176 574
Bromsgrove 3,039 4,415 408 n/a 467 n/a 92
Hereford 3,288 5,121 576 618 910 107 167
Leominster 1,630 2,086 312 n/a 262 n/a 179
Malvern Hills 5,319 5,460 477 364 690 387 323
Redditch 8,507 10,058 128 452 147 76 88
South Herefordshire 1,866 2,287 113 39 n/a 63 n/a
Worcester 4,696 6,398 240 237 n/a 97 n/a
Wychavon 6,199 8,087 140 243 n/a 65 n/a
Wyre Forest 6,880 7,821 448 1,225 485 399 702
Bridgnorth 2,307 3,707 151 n/a 163 n/a 77
North Shropshire 2,668 3,604 191 185 295 91 137
Oswestry 1,707 2,811 161 60 n/a 40 n/a
Shrewsbury and Atcham 4,951 7,141 175 191 240 156 430
South Shropshire 1,609 1,900 199 103 192 53 150
The Wrekin 10,225 11,178 523 322 n/a 384 n/a
Cannock Chase 6,574 8,753 599 646 n/a 251 n/a
East Staffordshire 4,335 7,082 475 731 707 143 251
Lichfield 4,240 6,419 606 599 747 162 242
Newcastle-under-Lyme 8,814 12,278 311 648 317 291 527
South Staffordshire 4,940 6,507 700 644 843 114 204
Stafford 5,326 8,391 590 485 704 385 424
Staffordshire Moorlands 2,429 4,200 68 20 n/a 21 n/a
Stoke-on-Trent 18,753 29,077 2 ,087 2,447 2,442 465 997
Tamworth 7,068 7,722 208 n/a 276 n/a 504
North Warwickshire 3,052 4,863 255 110 288 155 250
Nuneaton and Bedworth 7,989 9,279 275 242 356 364 363
Rugby 4,703 5,544 340 402 355 110 234
Stratford-on-Avon 5,893 7,324 464 995 393 26 75
Warwick 6,437 7,856 606 2,748 323 421 394
Birmingham 100,989 123,330 7,102 6,199 n/a 2,912 n/a
Coventry 21,54! 25,383 1,051 n/a 1,937 3,205 2,884
Dudley 27,108 36,350 1,425 n/a 2,004 n/a 1,563
Sandwell 40,602 55,556 1,949 1,475 2,932 370 800
Solihull 13,626 15,974 898 3,770 493 155 70
Walsall 28,469 38,523 2,130 1,700 n/a 500 n/a
Wolverhampton 34,651 39,261 1,390 1,901 1,512 43 232
Chester 6,262 8,565 761 560 1,053 120 242
Congleton 3,452 5,121 253 282 279 150 313
Crewe and Nantwich 6,418 8,534 315 500 409 332 532
Ellesmere Port and Neston 5,122 8,863 917 798 1,072 99 121
Halton 7,031 96,755 955 588 1,241 233 660
Macclesfield 5,556 8,450 334 395 396 460 437
Vale Royal 6,689 9,803 971 989 794 455 980
Warrington 7,871 13,155 837 939 1,396 366 664
Allerdale 5,336 6,409 8 12 12 108 218
Barrow-i n- Fu mess 4,141 4,802 167 80 n/a 150 n/a
Carlisle 6,464 12,015 20 24 24 35 28
Copeland 4,589 6,353 26 56 38 79 113
Eden 1,879 2,557 55 940 32 17 10
South Lakeland 4,582 5,707 104 586 39 8 50
Blackburn 10,933 13,986 174 203 249 400 928
Blackpool 6,030 7,348 132 95 194 117 214
Burnley 5,367 7,284 214 188 252 306 600
Chorley 3,478 4,260 195 185 278 253 585
Fylde 1,895 2,583 67 61 65 24 38
Hyndburn 3,937 4,544 176 223 358 318 707
Lancaster 3,818 5,394 615 701 867 263 612
Pendle 4,536 5,142 177 133 236 202 470
Preston 8,762 11,110 254 n/a n/a n/a n/a
Ribble Valley 1,578 1,854 242 227 185 138 184
Rosendale 4,613 5,952 441 529 651 332 956
South Ribble 3,578 4,221 280 354 313 262 373
West Lancashire 8,743 10,988 446 280 453 160 262

Local authority mortgage lending to private persons
Local authority housing Council dwelling sales Other
Local authority Gross rent received £ thousand Housing stock Interest payments £ thousand Repayments of principal £ thousand Number outstanding Repayment of principal £ thousand Number outstanding
Wyre 2,757 3,916 224 252 259 190 240
Bolton 18,487 26,114 349 332 n/a 899 n/a
Bury 8,493 11,635 n/a 1,799 786 801 1,432
Manchester 59,957 98,212 472 n/a 673 n/a 1,889
Oldham 20,672 25,691 521 471 732 625 1,163
Rochdale 17,486 21,519 320 362 n/a 1,065 n/a
Salford 34,084 41,842 534 n/a n/a n/a n/a
Stockport 12,154 16,371 512 545 862 880 1,121
Tameside 17,739 21,112 576 737 n/a 793 n/a
Trafford 10,372 13,749 1,217 977 1,232 562 1,080
Wigan 26,049 33,908 1,247 3,073 1,098 972 1,923
Knowsley 23,426 26,146 1,507 1,407 3,056 480 833
Liverpool 53,030 67,330 4,035 n/a n/a 1,110 n/a
St Helens 15,637 20,404 733 521 870 604 1,483
Sefton 14,835 17,661 843 n/a n/a n/a n/a
Wirral 24,572 24,511 1,248 n/a 1,629 n/a 985
Sources Local authorities' subsidy claim returns 1986: Housing Revenue Account rent, dwelling stock and interest proposals.
Local authorities P1 returns: repayments of principal.
Local authorities P3 returns: mortgages outstanding.
n/a information not available.

Mr. Warren

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the latest data he has on the average total cost of building and financing the loans on council flats and houses with one, two and three bedrooms, respectively.

Mr. Tracey

I shall answer this question shortly.

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