§ Mr. David NicholsonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many persons were(a) in local authority funded bed-and-breakfast accommodation and (b) on local authority waiting lists for housing in each of the districts in Somerset, Devon, Cornwall, Dorset, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, on 31 March 1983, 1985 and 1987.
§ Mrs. RoeLocal authorities report the numbers of households that they have temporarily placed in bed-and-breakfast accommodation under the homeless provisions of the Housing Acts: most of these households will have at least part of their costs met either by the authorities or by the Department of Health and Social Security. Figures for the end of June 1983, March 1985 and March 1987 appear in table 9 in issues No. 68, 75 and 82, respectively, of "Local Housing Statistics", which are available in the Library.
The numbers of households on the housing waiting list at 1 April were reported in local authorities' housing investment programme returns and the figures appear in column B51 of the "HIP 1 (1987) All items print": the figures for April 1985 can be derived from the numbers at April 1986 and the changes since 1985 which appear in columns B51 and B53 of the "HIP 1 (1986) All items print": both these documents are available in the Library. Information for earlier years was not collected centrally.
§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the latest number of houses in need of urgent repair in Leeds West; and what are the corresponding figures for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the number of people on housing waiting lists in each district authority area in Yorkshire, for each year since 1979 to the latest available date.
§ Mrs. RoeThe number of households on waiting lists at 1 April 1986 and 1 April 1987 was provided by local authorities in their housing investment programme returns; the figures appear in column B51 of the "HIP 1 All items print" for 1986 and 1987 which are in the Library. Figures for 1 April 1985 may also be derived from the 1986 return; column B52 of the "All items print" gives the change in the number of households on the waiting list since 1 April 1985. Information for earlier years is not available centrally.
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§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what are the figures for house building by public and private sectors in(a) Yorkshire as a whole and (b) Leeds metropolitan district council for each year from 1979 to the latest available date.
§ Mrs. RoePublic and private sector housebuilding starts in the Yorkshire and Humberside region for the years 1979 to 1986 appear in table 6.4 of "Housing and construction Statistics 1976–1986" and figures for the first half of 1987 are in table 1.3 of the quarterly "Housing and construction Statistics" No. 30.
Annual figures for Leeds appear in the following issues of "Local Housing Statistics":
Year Issue Number Table Number 1979 53 4 1980–83 73 1 1984 77 1 1985 81 1 1986 82 1 Copies of these publications are available in the Library.
Some 221 public and 746 private starts and 299 public and 731 private completions were reported for the first half of this year.