§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many households were housed by each London borough from its waiting lists through allocation procedures (a) during 1983–84; (b) during 1984–85; (c) during 1985–86, and (d) during 1986–87.
§ Mrs. RoeLocal authorities' annual housing investment programme returns include the numbers of dwellings let on secure tenancies, in the years ending 31 March, to households under normal waiting list allocation procedures. Figures for individual authorities appear in column D9C of the "HIP1 all items print" for 1984 and 1985 and in column E9C for 1986 and 1987; copies of all these documents are in the Library.
§ Mr. Teddy TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table showing those housing authorities where the council housing waiting list is of six months duration or less; if he will publish 23W separately a list of those housing authorities who have had 100 or more council dwellings vacant for periods of three months or more; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. RoeThe information requested is not available centrally. However, English local authorities' housing investment programme returns include the number of their dwellings that have been vacant for more than six months and those authorities reporting 100 or more such dwellings vacant at April 1987 are listed in the table. Most of these dwellings were not available for letting, as they were undergoing or awaiting works, or awaiting sale or demolition.
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Authorities with 100 or more dwellings vacant for more than 6 months at April 1987 Number vacant over 6 months Percentage of stock Newham 2,626 8.1 Hackney 2,214 4.8 Manchester 2,034 2.1 Tower Hamlets 1,965 4.0 Sheffield 1,857 2.1 Sandwell 1,297 2.4 Salford 1,177 2.9 Southwark 1,154 1.9 North Tyneside 990 305 Sunderland 962 1.9 Islington 954 2.3 Lambeth 910 1.9 Bradford 777 2.1 Leeds 647 0.7 Wolverhampton 639 1.6 Nottingham 620 1.4 Camden 594 1.7 Newcastle upon Tyne 580 1.3 Lewisham 568 1.4 Wandsworth 544 1.4 Calderdale 471 3.1 Coventry 411 1.7 Brent 404 2.0 Kingston upon Hull 398 0.9 Hammersmith and Fulham 389 2.1 Oldham 388 1.6 Portsmouth 382 1.7 Haringey 367 1.5 Leicester 355 1.1 Greenwich 346 1.0 Birmingham 334 0.3 Westminster 327 1.5 Walsall 310 0.8 Derby 306 1.5 Burnley 305 4.3 Gateshead 304 0.9 Langbaurgh 298 1.8 Knowsley 283 1.1 Doncaster 273 0.8 Southampton 260 1.2 Preston 224 2.1 Test Valley 216 3.0 Wirral 209 0.9 Kirklees 202 0.6 Barnsley 192 0.6 Rochdale 186 0.9 Waltham Forest 175 0.8 Middlesbrough 155 0.9 North Bedfordshire 137 1.7
Number vacant over 6 months Percentage of stock Kensington and Chelsea 135 1.5 Easington 133 0.7 Dudley 133 0.4 Merton 133 1.1 Ealing 132 0.7 Redbridge 129 1.2 Bristol 122 0.3 Carlisle 119 1.0 Rochester upon Medway 111 1.1 Hartlepool 110 1.0 Trafford 104 0.8 Redditch 103 1.0 Sedgefield 102 0.7 Norwich 102 0.4 Stockton-on-Tees 101 0.5 Note:
Liverpool did not provide this information, but reported 4,164 dwellings (6.5 per cent. of stock) vacant for more than a year.