HC Deb 15 July 1987 vol 119 cc540-53W
Mr. Adley

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list for each local authority area in England and Wales the number of homes made available to people under the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act for each of the last five years; and what percentage this represented of the total number of houses available for new tenants for each year.

Mr. Waldegrave

Local authorities provide information on lettings to new tenants in their annual housing investment programme returns. The table gives for each English authority for each of the five years to 1985–86, the number of dwellings let to homeless households in priority need and the percentage this represents of all dwellings let to new tenants. The figures for 1981–82 and 1982–83 are for secure new tenancies only, while the later figures include also non-secure tenancies.

In fulfilling their duties to secure accommodation for homeless households in priority need, authorities also make nominations for housing in other areas under mobility schemes and for tenancies with housing associations and new towns, and find accommodation in the private sector.

For the position in Wales, I refer my hon. Friend to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.

Dwellings let to new secure tenants who were homeless Dwellings let to new tenants who were homeless
1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86
Number Per cent. of all Number Per cent. of all Number Per cent. of all Number Per cent. of all Number Per cent. of all
Stockton-on-Tees 55 6.7 59 6.6 71 6.9 119 9.3 177 11.0
Durham
Chester-le-Streel 9 3.2 10 2.4 24 5.9 15 3.8 32 7.0
Darlington 42 11.5 53 9.9 103 21.9 52 9.5 85 14.2
Derwentside 14 1.4 16 2.1 38 5.1 28 3.5 19 2.8
Durham 30 5.9 45 8.1 52 6.5 29 3.9 55 10.9
Easington 67 5.4 83 6.8 90 10.2 111 11.2 69 5.8
Sedgefield 20 1.7 42 4.6 14 1.8 58 6.0 60 5.6
Teesdale 14 16.9 4 4.0 22 28.9 9 8.1 8 15.4
Wear Valley 29 5.8 56 11.4 56 12.5 62 10.8 59 11.4
Northumberland
Alnwick 10 8.3 20 13.7 12 6.6 7 3.7 9 5.0
Berwick. upon-Tweed 2 0.9 3 1.4 4 2.0 4 2.6 4 2.0
Blyth Valley 66 13.1 103 191 80 13.3 82 14.5 77 13.5
Castle Morpeth 20 8.6 10 4.0 21 12.4 28 12.0 17 9.5
Tynedale 26 9.5 47 20.7 40 14.3 42 19.3 51 20.2
Wansbeck 81 12.4 249 34.1 74 9.6
Region Yorkshire and Humberside
South Yorkshire
Barnsley 34 2.3 55 3.7 52 4.1 95 7.6 87 5.5
Doncaster 3 0.2 56 2.8 77 2.9 46 1.6
Rotherham 89 5.7 89 4.9 83 5.5 121 8.4 104 5.0
Sheffield 244 6.9 811 18.4 486 24.2 994 24.7
West Yorkshire
Bradford 563 15.6 581 17.0 466 14.3 468 15.0 501 14.2
Calderdale 100 6.7 91 6.3 91 6.4 79 5.2 98 6.6
Kirklees 371 15.3 608 25.0 671 23.8 664 21.8 894 26.2
Leeds 1,005 17.3 960 16.2 1,268 21.3 1,366 21.9 1,275 22.1
Wakefield 209 8.8 243 10.8 243 9.3 283 10.9 265 8.9
Humberside
Boothferry 15 6.9 15 7.6 38 18.1 13 5.9 30 10.9
Cleethorpes 52 21.8 55 21.7 29 12.1 28 7.1 43 16.0
East Yorkshire 10 4.0 24 9.4 16 7.7 14 5.3 10 4.3
Glanford 19 3.3 23 7.2 27 10.5 31 9.1 46 14.1
Great Grimsby 123 33.1 91 21.8 95 11.6 123 18.2 123 21.6
Holdcrness 15 10.3 28 12.2 37 23.4 32 18.6 32 18.5
Kingston upon Hull 248 10.0 323 13.7 304 13.9 350 15.0 573 19.8
Scunthorpe 31 4.8 27 3.1 41 4.7 62 8.6 85 11.8
The East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley 64 18.6 121 35.5 94 35.7 111 18.4
North Yorkshire
Craven 32 20.1 47 30.7 56 31.5 30 21.0 38 27.0
Hambleton 51 25.5 84 46.2 47 17.3 55 19.9 50 20.0
Harrogate 73 19.5 64 20.1 73 22.5 72 24.3 91 25.0
Richmondshire 36 19.3 34 18.1 23 15.6 41 24.3 47 36.7
Rycdalc 37 25.0 47 27.6 54 36.2 57 29.2 52 19.5
Scarborough 135 34.0 106 35.6 105 28.9 120 35.1 116 33.8
Selby 58 15.8 66 21.4 61 19.2 49 10.9 40 12.2
York 127 34.0 96 19.1 143 21.8 181 26.0 148 27.3
Region East Midlands Derbyshire
Amber Valley 97 30.3 115 29.6 126 32.3 124 29.0 144 35.3
Bolsover 13 2.9 12 3.1 6 2.1 13 3.6 9 2.4
Chesterfield 30 4.3 15 2.1 38 6.3 52 7.4 65 8.4
Derbyshire Dales 31 20.0 42 25.1 51 20.8 31 15.1 34 17.8
Derby 169 12.7 194 15.3 144 10.9 205 14.9 261 17.1
Erewash 75 15.0 56 11.3 97 19.7 100 21.5 116 25.6
High Peak 42 18.8 28 11.0 32 7.8 40 10.2 46 12.5
North East Derbyshire 41 8.4 56 11.4 68 14.1 80 15.3 89 16.3
South Derbyshire 32 14.6 24 12.8 16 7.3 49 16.8 61 25.3
Leicestershire
Blaby 19 11.8 17 9.8 37 17.1 45 22.3 43 21.9
Charnwood 89 17.7 85 15.8 75 15.5 n/a n/a 95 19.2
Harborough 23 12.8 25 14.0 31 16.4 33 16.7 46 28.2
Hinckley and Bosworth 18 9.1 17 8.9 4 1.6 28 11.8 20 7.9

Dwellings let to new secure tenants who were homeless Dwellings let to new tenants who were homeless
1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86
Number Per cent. of all Number Per cent. of all Number Per cent. of all Number Per cent. of all Number Per cent. of all
Leicester 349 17.3 306 11.4 155 7.0 235 11.9 463 23.5
Melton 30 22.9 26 11.5 9 5.8 21 12.0 50 29.4
North West Leicestershire 33 18.8 29 11.3 29 9.7 29 9.4 53 14.0
Oadby and Wigston 72 47.1 59 58.4 67 66.3 68 50.7
Rutland 34 34.3 29 37.2 49 38.6 59 54.1 54 58.7
Lincolnshire
Boston 16 6.2 6 2.3 12 3.7 11 3.8 13 5.0
East Lindsey 36 12.5 27 8.4 47 14.6 60 15.9 40 14.2
Lincoln 81 11.5 102 12.0 87 12.3 91 12.4 89 14.8
North Kesteven 37 13.2 36 11.8 62 20.2 53 13.5 63 18.3
South Holland 26 10.7 17 5.7 34 16.3 64 15.4 39 12.7
South Kesteven 62 13.7 65 13.7 131 20.9 130 22.5 113 20.0
West Lindsey 57 19.1 79 24.7 89 26.3 79 24.2 56 18.4
Northamptonshire
Corby 66 6.9 62 6.7 88 12.3 123 17.2 128 21.5
Daventry 23 8.6 11 3.4 62 17.8 47 12.5 58 17.5
East Northamptonshire 46 20.5 46 15.6 46 17.7 29 9.7 50 19.1
Kettering 38 9.7 41 10.2 29 7.7 60 19.0 62 18.0
Northampton 82 11.7 85 9.1 113 13.2 143 9.2 227 14.4
South Northamptonshire 80 41.7 65 33.3 57 32.4 65 30.8 70 38.3
Wellingborough 35 6.6 30 5.1 34 5.3 47 8.3 54 10.7
Nottinghamshire
Ashfield 41 5.9 70 9.8 68 8.9 69 9.6 116 16.0
Bassetlaw 39 7.3 22 3.2 98 15.0 96 15.8 161 23.4
Broxstowe 54 15.0 54 14.3 79 18.2 88 24.0 96 20.6
Gedling 23 11.3 35 13.0 27 8.7 42 11.7 55 24.0
Mansfield 32 3.7 44 4.6 72 7.4 74 8.1 78 9.5
Newark and Sherwood 31 5.5 39 6.4 87 11.6 45 7.3 39 7.3
Nottingham 220 7.3 232 8.1 267 8.4 273 9.4 368 13.3
Rushcliffe 26 10.8 26 10.7 21 8.2 24 13.1 32 14.2
Region Eastern Bedfordshire
Luton 55 9.5 42 5.2 32 4.7 19 3.4 33 5.1
Mid Bedfordshire 26 7.9 24 6.2 50 10.5 34 10.7 40 11.4
North Bedfordshire 110 27.0 106 20.6 75 16.3 74 16.1 95 22.2
South Bedfordshire 90 24.8 61 14.4 42 12.8 58 16.9 59 18.8
Buckinghamshire
Aylesbury Vale 140 23.7 51 11.9 165 40.0 63 16.0 83 14.9
Chiltern 45 17.9 25 13.8 39 21.2 29 16–8 17 9.7
Milton Keynes 72 18.4 79 16.5 88 17.2 50 11.0 60 12.4
South Buckinghamshire 21 13.6 31 17.7 25 18.5 16 10.9 8 6.3
Wycombe 145 31.3 158 40.4 189 44.4 148 35.3 117 37.1
Cambridgeshire
Cambridge 71 14.2 53 9.3 74 11.0 97 18.4 129 25.3
East Cambridgeshire 21 9.5 6 2.5 15 6.6 35 15.2 37 17.8
Fenland 9 3.7 14 6.1 25 8.0 16 6.1
Huntingdonshire 82 20.1 167 35.4 144 26.4 123 25.5 187 39.1
Peterborough 42 6.5 38 6.1 91 14.3
South Cambridgeshire 16 6.1 20 5.1 69 15.1 66 17.4 55 15.3
Essex
Basildon 57 8.1 50 10.5 105 16.4 117 23.1 97 17.0
Braintree 33 7.3 26 4.9 80 16.8 57 11.3 94 19.4
Brentwood 16 8.9 30 13.8 25 14.4 7 4.9 32 26.7
Castle Point 44 34.9 29 30.9 58 50.0 44 44.9 33 25.8
Chelmsford 48 13.5 94 22.9 87 20.0 107 17.5 163 32.5
Colchester 50 11.3 60 12.2 85 17.3 137 24.9 170 30.2
Epping Forest 17 5.5 19 6.1 17 5.8 20 8.2 28 9.1
Harlow 54 6.8 55 6.4 132 n/a 162 19.9 209 23.6
Maldon 19 27.5 36 40.0 51 41.5 50 40.0 56 39.4
Rochford 23 10.1 25 15.7 25 16.8 38 20.1 44 38.3
Southend-on-Sea 51 11.6 31 9.3 66 13.3 67 15.5 106 24.7
Tendring 58 20.1 36 12.5 54 29.5 65 28.9 67 26.7
Thurrock 209 37.7 244 38.6 175 30.8 160 28.6 166 26.1
Uttlesford 39 27.1 38 23.7 35 24.1 42 25.3 56 30.3
Hertfordshire

Dwellings let to new secure tenants who were homeless Dwellings let to new tenants who were homeless
1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86
Number Per cent. of all Number Per cent. of all Number Per cent. of all Number Per cent. of all Number Per cent. of all
Broxbourne 61 23.2 51 21.2 67 19.3 58 20.6 84 31.3
Dacorum 120 19.2 131 22.4 145 22.6 94 15.6 99 13.6
East Hertfordshire 116 46.6 120 44.1 164 50.2 148 48.4 122 39.1
Hertsmere 56 19.5 100 34.2 111 44.9 108 36.9 131 32.5
North Hertfordshire 57 11.9 53 13.1 46 9.5 48 13.1 46 11.2
St. Albans 114 46.5 131 47.8 130 46.4 131 45.2 130 55.1
Stevenage 33 5.4 61 8.6 65 10.4 130 21.3 118 23.2
Three Rivers 36 18.5 93 36.9 91 46.2 111 60.3 92 48.4
Watford 66 19.8 49 29.5 143 58.6 124 45.3 114 30.6
Welwyn Hatfield 68 9.3 68 13.2 93 17.4
Norfolk
Breckland 92 32.9 112 34.7 121 30.8
Broadland 3 1.7 5 3.6 23 7.3 21 11.9 49 26.8
Great Yarmouth 25 8.6 32 10.5 35 8.4 36 10.8
King's Lynn and West Norfolk 60 11.5 103 23.7 122 27.4 125 26.6 143 27.0
North Norfolk 73 27.9 82 24.0 88 33.6 88 26.3 98 27.4
Norwich 167 15.6 165 13.0 182 14.2 175 16.1 383 27.2
South Norfolk 36 13.6 32 16.1 27 10.2 60 27.6 88 27.2
Suffolk
Babergh 43 22.4 34 17.3 69 30.3 80 38.1 150 43.5
Forest Healh 12 5.4 20 7.5 16 5.9 25 10.6
Ipswich 72 16.6 96 27.3 170 28.7 183 43.9 204 46.4
Mid Suffolk 38 14.3 15 7.5 16 10.7 19 9.0 43 16.5
St. Edmundsbury 34 7.6 20 6.2 63 17.1 75 20.9 40 16.0
Suffolk Coastal 18 6.1 12 5.2 14 6.5 19 6–1 24 10.5
Waveney 79 29.0 94 27.8 51 13.5 52 12.3 70 22.2
Region London
Greater London
Greater London Council 825 10.7 151 4.4 n/a n/a n/a n/a
City of London 16 8.1 16 11.0 15 12.4 12 10.3 17 11.8
Camden 501 18.4 418 23.6 n/a n/a 684 44.5 1,319 68.6
Greenwich 243 14.2 251 12.0 n/a n/a 1,034 60.9 909 54.1
Hackney 535 42.8 1,031 57.0 810 38.0 628 40.8 628 42.5
Hammersmith and Fulham 524 53.7 505 58.6 497 42.9 499 50.6 482 61.9
Islington 476 26.7 718 44.8 n/a n/a 711 55.5 971 61.9
Kensington and Chelsea 183 27.9 195 26.4 195 32.8 172 28.7 187 33.5
Lambeth 2,423 64.2 1,206 39.7 1,061 36.1 1,102 43.0 1,320 48.3
Lewisham 362 21.2 476 22.9 605 43.1 922 52.6 1,387 58.6
Southwark 348 8.3 409 15.2 878 35.5 n/a n/a 1,119 50.1
Tower Hamlets 72 6.8 58 5.6 104 11.7 143 20.1 355 34.4
Wandsworth 542 30.4 397 22.7 364 31.2 583 51.3 367 51.2
Westminster, City of 476 38.5 595 55.2 484 52.2 426 40.1 474 42.7
Barking and Dagenham 133 11.0 134 10.8 202 16.9 254 21.7 n/a n/a
Barnet 98 14.3 207 28.2 339 39.2 257 38.0 336 50.1
Bexley 142 29.5 137 28.2 152 30.3 184 32.6 211 43.5
Brent 752 58.1 533 59.6 718 62.3 653 56.9 595 58.5
Bromley 278 39.8 280 38.9 380 60.5 490 64.4 489 70.5
Croydon 522 71.8 514 76.3 492 62.8 379 61.1 418 69.3
Ealing 806 68.1 758 73.3 n/a n/a 734 85.8 686 70.7
Enfield 182 20.7 274 30.8 376 35.8 398 36.4 350 40.5
Haringey 567 41.0 559 50.2 805 55.7 792 58.9 723 61.9
Harrow 191 46.9 190 57.2 230 52.8 181 56.6 273 61.6
Havering 116 20.8 92 16.2 149 n/a 177 22.5 296 39.9
Hillingdon 206 28.6 187 29.3 198 17.4 218 49.4 242 52.4
Hounslow 355 33.5 436 39.8 698 61.8 579 59.6 517 49.7
Kingston upon Thames 143 61.4 135 45.5 123 48.4 131 60.9 190 56.2
Merton 227 40.8 223 47.9 190 33.2 213 44.9 253 49.6
Newham 519 31.5 673 42.0 n/a n/a 798 60.3 820 58.5
Redbridge 263 61.6 236 49.8 254 50.7 286 57.3 288 58.2
Richmond upon Thames 140 25.8 155 42.0 n/a n/a 181 38.1 205 44.9
Sutton 144 30.4 152 34.7 217 41.6 255 46.9 267 48.8
Waltham Forest 516 51.5 708 46.9 547 43.6 527 37.3 621 45.8
Region South Eastern
Berkshire
Bracknell 49 7.1 51 10.4 21 3.4 36 6.6 36 7.1
Newbury 95 28.5 78 22.3 62 17.8 115 22.5 126 44.1
Reading 209 44.0 183 42.7 187 45.1 98 46.0 197 49.2
Slough 118 28.0 150 39.1 179 35.1 157 29.2 142 38.1
Windsor and Maidenhead 14 6.1 15 5.6 87 31.2 86 33.2 97 30.7

Dwellings let to new secure tenants who were homeless Dwellings let to new tenants who were homeless
1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86
Number Per cent, of all Number Per cent, of all Number Per cent, of all Number Per cent, of all Number Per cent, of all
Wokingham 47 28.0 70 32.0 55 33.5 55 25.6 54 19.1
East Sussex
Brighton 276 65.9 211 59.6 181 51.1 192 44.5 176 43.1
Eastbourne 51 21.8 88 37.3 97 26.8 61 19.9 110 30.4
Hastings 106 31.5 156 38.3 122 36.1 118 37.0 182 48.7
Hove 126 81.8 152 71.4 98 60.5 142 59.7 127 58.3
Lewes 30 15.3 39 22.4 59 29.4 76 35.3 77 34.2
Rother 32 19.5 28 16.0 35 16.7 44 25.6 76 42.5
Wealden 73 31.3 47 25.7 84 30.3 78 27.8 112 43.6
Hampshire
Basingstoke and Deane 29 5.4 57 8.7 74 13.2 62 14.1 94 19.0
East Hampshire 54 19.7 80 29.0 89 31.3 93 38.1 127 53.4
Eastleigh 67 45.6 84 52.2 90 36.4 77 35.6 85 31.4
Fareham 6 4.8 3 2.5 29 13.2 29 14.9 34 18.0
Gosport 106 42.4 135 44.7 147 47.7 201 58.6
Hart 39 17.1 21 15.7 34 22.5 28 11.8 35 25.5
Havant 3 1.1 50 24.4 72 25.7 23 11.9 36 12.4
New Forest 122 34.2 138 38.0 183 56.8 180 64.7 195 52.1
Portsmouth 47 4.8 63 5.2 88 5.5 135 8.6 182 22.9
Rushmoor 179 67.5 165 62.0 152 50.7 174 64.0 166 69.2
Southampton 92 9.0 111 8.9 111 9.0 130 10.9 143 13.7
Test Valley 111 39.6 112 39.3 179 44.5 137 35.3 115 27.8
Winchester 42 16.0 25 12.4 27 9.6 77 20.8 86 25.6
Isle of Wight
Medina 98 56.3 73 45.6 187 54.7 185 60.1 131 54.8
South Wight 45 38.5 46 30.3 75 39.3 59 40.4 41 43.2
Kent
Ashford 22 7.4 9 2.5 39 7.7 32 7.9 64 15.1
Canterbury 36 10.6 71 17.9 84 18.4 113 27.5 149 36.6
Dartford 43 20.9 51 23.1 73 29.2 87 31.9 99 43.0
Dover 29 10.2 56 17.1 62 18.5 68 15.5 89 20.2
Gillingham 79 37.4 70 26.6 73 31.6 90 35.9 121 57.9
Gravesham 62 32.8 78 28.0 96 34.5 135 47.9 170 50.1
Maidstone 154 49.4 170 51.2 173 52.3 191 56.8 195 56.4
Rochester upon Medway 74 20.9 72 14.2 27 9.5 44 19.2 43 18.2
Sevenoaks 160 55.7 171 37.2 205 56.8 219 65.8 171 51.7
Shepway 12 4.1 5 2.4 10 4.3 22 9.5
Swale 104 28.6 65 22.4 57 17.9 101 24.2 113 29.3
Thanet 90 20.8 52 9.2 56 12.6 43 9.6 38 7.5
Tonbridge and Mailing 2 1.1 26 8.2 86 36.1 98 36.4 246 68.7
Tunbridge Wells 51 23.6 45 19.6 95 40.4 86 41.5 106 49.5
Oxfordshire
Cherwell 108 26.0 94 26.9 78 20.3 148 40.0 170 38.8
Oxford 92 17.4 73 22.0 56 14.1 52 10.7 55 14.6
South Oxfordshire 32 13.1 30 11.8 44 14.8 33 11.3 30 7.4
Vale of White Horse 5 3.4 21 8.4 19 10.2 18 7.0
West Oxfordshire 24 9.2 31 16.2 54 23.2 52 19.1 48 19.8
Surrey
Elmbridge 105 48.4 100 66.2 139 44.8 106 38.0 125 40.2
Epsom and Ewell 15 13.8 12 11.3 16 12.5 1 1.0 17 23.3
Guildford 95 41.7 64 26.1 52 20.5 88 29.1 105 28.3
Mole Valley 16 6.5 36 15.7 50 24.9 1 0.7 4 2.7
Reigate and Banstead 82 33.5 88 35.1 108 37.2 97 35.1 84 29.4
Runnymede 64 39.0 76 46.1 68 41.7 72 52.2 74 54.4
Spelthorne 46 36.2 57 20.3 51 17.2 86 39.8 48 23.6
Surrey Heath 9 7.1 11 9.4 25 19.8 21 12.4 36 22.1
Tandridge 24 16.4 11 7.0 21 14.3 33 21.3 82 31.3
Waverley 28 10.5 60 28.0 67 37.9 92 31.9 85 35.6
Woking 68 36.4 27 12.7 74 33.5 80 37.6 107 45.7
West Sussex
Adur 75 31.5 72 43.6 53 30.5 50 34.2 72 35.3
Arun 81 27.0 49 20.1 46 13.4 32 10.4 41 14.7
Chichester 70 23.0 89 32.4 86 31.4 132 38.2 139 37.6
Crawley 75 22.7 91 22.5 109 25.8 129 24.4 200 48.2
Horsham 137 40.9 113 51.8 89 36.9 81 33.2 84 32.9
Mid Sussex 30 14.3 32 16.9 45 20.7 59 21.2 76 34.7

Dwellings let to new secure tenants who were homeless Dwellings let to new tenants who were homeless
1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86
Number Per cent, of all Number Per cent, of all Number Per cent, of all Number Per cent, of all Number Per cent, of nil
Worthing 80 42.8 44 22.7 80 46.5 93 48.9 86 46.7
Region South West
Avon
Bath 117 27.9 130 30.7 151 39.5 174 45.7 208 56.7
Bristol 295 16.3 284 14.9 210 10.6 462 23.2 415 21.9
Kingswood 47 24.7 36 14.7 62 24.2 58 24.1 95 33.7
Northavon 22 9.5 18 7.4 51 21.5 47 18.7 57 23.6
Wansdyke 45 20.0 44 21.4 40 18.2 41 23.4 50 23.3
Woodspring 182 43.9 140 33.1 108 28.1 148 31.6 184 40.6
Cornwall
Caradon 67 25.9 49 15.5 78 28.3 78 29.2 78 29.1
Carrick 60 39.7 49 23.1 64 31.7 47 20.2 57 27.0
Isles of Scilly n/a n/a
Kerrier 41 23.4 22 11.3 57 33.7 62 19.8 47 22.1
North Cornwall 52 12.9 51 15.8 79 21.4 69 22.0 82 28.5
Pen with 84 45.2 59 30.6 65 35.9 68 35.2 47 21.4
Restormel 112 48.7 85 36.2 147 44.8 99 32.6 116 40.4
Devon
East Devon 41 13.5 68 25.6 68 27.5 66 23.6 66 25.4
Exeter 15 4.3 24 7.2 56 17.9 51 12.4 64 17.2
Mid Devon 55 29.9 45 16.4 66 25.3 45 16.5 36 21.8
North Devon 46 14.2 29 11.8 53 22.9 45 22.7 46 18.0
Plymouth 346 36.1 390 34.5 356 37.8 373 36.9 416 34.1
South Hams 59 36.4 32 23.2 60 27.0 34 12.2 34 14.7
Teignbridgc 16 11.8 20 10.9 139 46.2 92 38.8 131 46.0
Torbay 90 48.1 82 40.8 101 54.3 122 54.7 105 54.4
Torridge 9 8.4 10 7.5 7 4.4 9 6.9 9 8.1
West Devon 19 16.0 21 21.6 46 48.4 40 40.8 40 50.0
Dorset
Bournemouth 124 35.7 149 43.3 121 28.6 117 33.4 133 31.7
Christchurch 12 23.5 8 12.5 32 27.4 29 24.6 30 32.6
North Dorset 94 57.0 69 42.9 73 34.3 66 40.0 75 36.6
Poole 90 26.2 89 30.4 133 32.3 148 35.5 150 48.1
Purbeck 19 17.8 15 17.9 28 33.3 71 37.0 43 45.3
West Dorset 30 13.6 37 15.5 54 15.3 42 14.9 48 16.2
Weymouth and Portland 86 46.2 109 58.0 137 67.5 131 67.5 162 55.7
Wimborne 45 22.5 33 20.6 32 14.3 34 25.4 44 23.2
Gloucestershire
Cheltenham 54 17.9 27 7.7 26 8.8 31 9.7 55 17.4
Cotswold 56 25.7 34 11.3 47 25.4 37 22.4 37 22.2
Forest of Dean 19 7.1 22 9.4 37 18.6 33 17.9 47 25.8
Gloucester 47 17.7 50 16.0 51 18.0 93 29.9 144 48.2
Stroud 112 40.1 115 32.6 82 27.3 106 39.4 143 49.0
Tewkesbury 42 18.3 50 22.6 52 24.6 71 35.0 72 33.6
Somerset
Mendip 56 22.7 74 19.1 57 13.8 56 13.8 55 17.5
Sedgemoor 23 8.9 45 14.8 49 15.7
South Somerset 75 14.9 70 14.2 94 14.7 153 29.3 167 26.9
Taunton Deane 91 21.0 105 23.1 102 28.0 102 23.6 107 24.1
West Somerset 29 15.8 31 33.3 41 25.8 55 42.0 41 36.3
Wiltshire
Ken net 45 26.9 21 9.2 73 27.4 59 21.2 133 63.3
North Wiltshire 48 15.9 86 34.3 66 27.0 126 32.7 134 41.6
Salisbury 127 39.7 136 36.0 112 36.8 97 33.6 93 31.6
Thamesdown n/a n/a n/a n/a 99 11.5 127 13.5 130 12.5
West Wiltshire 84 27.6 74 23.4 84 23.8 88 29.0 71 28.2
Region West Midlands
West Midlands
Birmingham 3,112 37.1 3,571 41.7 2,481 33.5 3,613 44.9 4,258 49.3
Coventry 105 5.3 114 5.3 110 4.7 128 5.7 253 11.2
Dudley 132 7.6 142 7.0 137 7.4 244 12.0 166 7.7
Sandwell 228 8.6 234 7.7 172 5.6 236 8.1 314 9.9
Solihull 219 25.6 190 21.3 283 26.1 249 25.4 325 38.3
Walsall 50 2.4 165 10.0 350 22.6 382 21.5 540 30.2
Wolverhampton 84 3.2 100 4.1 280 12.4 390 21.8 344 17.4

Dwellings let to new secure tenants who were homeless Dwellings let to new tenants who were homeless
1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86
Number Per cent, of all Number Per cent, of all Number Per cent, of all Number Per cent, of all Number Per cent, of all
Hereford and Worcester
Bromsgrove 32 19.8 41 25.9 48 21.4 74 35.1 67 35.3
Hereford 45 19.1 47 18.7 35 14.8 44 14.1 82 34.9
Leominster 25 29.8 46 41.8 41 42.3 45 46.9 49 41.5
Malvern Hills 80 23.8 75 21.7 89 28.3 114 25.4 160 44.4
Redditch 12 5.8 14 7.6 51 18.7 37 13.4 152 22.6
South Herefordshire 27 24.3 36 29.3 29 26.6 42 37.5 49 45.8
Worcester 59 21.1 69 22.1 78 24.2 80 21.1 123 37.6
Wychavon 65 17.7 59 16.4 44 10.1 37 9.1 51 14.1
Wyre Forest 47 11.8 67 13.3 91 20.7 129 25.0 127 23.0
Shropshire
Bridgnorth 11 6.1 15 11.7 12 9.1 26 16.6 43 21.7
North Shropshire 20 13.4 29 15.0 27 10.6 43 15.7 56 34.6
Oswestry 19 15.3 22 15.9 15 8.6 22 13.7 39 20.6
Shrewsbury and Atcham 22 6.9 10 2.6 81 15.1 46 8.8 56 13.7
South Shropshire 28 27.7 10 12.0 15 19.0
The Wrekin 34 4.3 19 2.1 26 3.2 53 8.6 126 17.4
Staffordshire
Cannock Chase 119 38.0 182 41.6 109 28.3 106 28.4 91 26.3
East Staffordshire 43 11.7 38 11.6 53 10.3 70 12.4 69 16.5
Lichfield 104 31.6 76 22.0 81 30.0 86 34.1 96 36.5
Newcastlc-under-Lyme 15 3.0 60 11.9 99 19.1 10 15.1 132 19.0
South Staffordshire 22 8.9 41 15.3 35 13.0 49 19.8 77 27.3
Stafford 65 15.0 63 14.2 72 17.4 113 27.5 142 35.0
Staffordshire Moorlands 38 20.7 51 25.0 35 22.7 40 25.5 47 26.4
Stoke-on-trent 238 23.5 236 16.2 266 23.3 484 39.0 638 46.6
Tamworth 24 5.4 34 5.9 101 16.4 95 17.5 126 24.0
Warwickshire
North Warwickshire 14 8.7 12 6.1 17 7.6 12 5.5 52 26.0
Nuneaton and Bedworth 31 6.8 76 12.6 56 8.6 40 7.1 49 7.7
Rugby 72 23.8 49 21.2 60 15.2 29 5.6 51 11.9
Stratford-on-Avon 56 16.4 45 11.3 53 13.3 75 19.9 68 18.8
Warwick 50 19.4 57 13.5 77 23.8 68 15.6 88 26.5
Region North West (including Cumbria)
Greater Manchester
Bolton 248 13.1 225 12.5 277 17.6 220 14.4 744 38.1
Bury 143 19.3 117 11.3 186 17.9 273 26.5 247 26.5
Manchester 431 5.5 826 11.1 975 16.4 1,408 23.2 1,976 33.9
Oldham 124 5.4 173 7.3 184 7.9 122 5.1 111 4.8
Rochdale 29 1.6 37 1.9 35 1.6 42 1.8 58 2.6
Salford 36 1.4 207 6.9 61 2.4 151 6.5 28 1.3
Stockport 64 9.1 83 8.4 75 6.9 70 7.7 171 14.8
Tameside 130 11.1 136 9.8 191 14.9 219 13.7 273 17.4
Trafford 209 35.5 183 32.4 147 22.6 214 29.5 212 28.9
Wigan 202 8.1 261 10.4 299 12.5 267 11.2 322 12.5
Merseyside
Knowsley 211 11.9 369 21.0 285 17.7 288 17.3 311 17.2
Liverpool 196 9.7 196 6.7 257 8.7 220 11.2 381 17.8
St. Helens 101 9.0 163 16.5 302 22.5 178 149 241 19.2
Sefton 95 9.1 105 9.1 n/a n/a 90 9.4 102 8.7
Wirral 231 14.1 205 10.1 299 14.8 377 15.4 240 9.8
Cheshire
Chester 48 10.8 59 10.3 149 23.8 148 26.2 263 44.4
Congleton 65 22.9 46 17.8 36 13.5 66 24.1 51 27.6
Crewe and Nantwich 77 17.0 86 19.6 119 23.1
Ellesmere Port and Neston 29 7.0 32 6.6 18 4.1 4 0.8 9 2.1
Halton 56 10.7 84 19.3 98 20.3 72 14.0 128 20.2
Macclesfield 53 10.6 34 7.5 40 8.7 127 27.9 153 28.8
Vale Royal 43 7.4 43 6.5 89 14.4 145 24.5 185 29.6
Warrington 20 2.3 67 6.0 114 10.6 76 7.7 70 7.7
Cumbria
Allerdale 38 8.7 50 12.4 31 5.5 31 9.3 45 13.9
Barrow-in-Furness 9 2.5 38 10.7 45 13.0 24 7.5 14 5.0
Carlisle 47 10.1 32 4.6 58 10.6 64 9.7 71 12.7
Copeland 36 14.0 36 13.2 44 15.4 52 20.3 52 21.1

Dwellings let to new secure tenants who were homeless Dwellings let to new tenants who were homeless
1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86
Number Per cent, of all Number Per cent, of all Number Per cent, of all Number Per cent, of all Number Per cent, of all
Eden 18 16.1 14 10.7 21 21.6 10 6.7 25 19.4
South Lakeland 44 15.2 58 19.5 37 19.2 38 16.1 27 10.9
Lancashire
Blackburn 105 6.2 123 7.8 232 14.2
Blackpool 62 12.2 60 9.4 93 16.0 99 20.5
Burnley 120 17.6 138 17.4 126 15.7 86 12.3 108 14.4
Chorley 97 34.5 122 41.5 129 39.7 122 37.2 111 35.4
Fylde 16 12.7 21 15.1 12 8.7 17 12.1 22 12.6
Hyndburn 27 5.1 26 4.4 53 10.0 98 17.6 127 26.3
Lancaster 159 48.3 185 64.2 179 45.5 145 33.0 71 35.5
Pendle 31 5.0 11 1.4 13 2.0 27 3.9 38 5.1
Preston 70 10.6 74 9.2 108 10.8 124 13.0 123 13.2
Ribble Valley 7 6.4 4 3.0 8 4.8 18 15.0 19 14.7
Rossendale 36 6.0 10 1.7 33 7.4 57 12.1 63 13.3
South Ribble 52 16.9 76 31.7 40 15.1 47 19.6 60 16.3
West Lancashire 31 16.7 34 18.8 42 20.9 48 29.1 163 13.2
Wyre 49 32.9 61 30.8 64 31.4 68 31.5 98 46.4

Mr. Adley

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list those local authorities in England and Wales which have been required to provide homes for people who have declared themselves homeless under the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act.

Mr. Waldegrave

Every local housing authority in England has reported accepting responsibility for securing accommodation for some households under the provisions of the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977 now contained in the Housing Act 1985. For the position in Wales, I refer my hon. Friend to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.

Mr. Adley

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what information he has as to those areas from which people applying for housing under the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act have emanated.

Mr. Waldegrave

Local authorities provide summary information on the whereabouts one year previously of the households for which they have accepted responsibility to secure accommodation. The latest estimates are for acceptances by all English local authorities in the first quarter of 1987 and are as follows:

Whereabouts one year ago Per cent.
Within Great Britain:
same district or borough 86
different district or borough 11
Outside Great Britain 3