HC Deb 18 January 1988 vol 145 cc205-6W
Mr. French

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will now state the annual number of completions, for the most recent 20 year-period for which figures are available, of (i) private sector houses and flats, (ii) council and new town houses and flats and (iii) housing association houses and flats.

Mr. Trippier

The total numbers of dwellings completed in England between 1977 and 1987 by local authorities, new towns, housing associations and the private sector are published in table 6.1 (a) of "Housing and Construction Statistics: 1977–1987". Figures for 1969 to 1976 are published in table 56 of "Housing and Construction Statistics: 1969–1979". Figures for 1968 are published in "Housing and Construction Statistics No. 4".

Copies of these publications are available in the Library.

Local authority Number of vacant local authority dwellings at 1 April 1987 1986–87 Total housing expenditure £ million Number of vacant local authority dwellings at 1 April 1988 1987–88 Total housing expenditure £ million
Birmingham 2,718 143 2,339 152
Bradford 1,490 28 1,262 33
Hackney 3,113 99 2,692 105
Islington 1,850 89 1,403 95
Kingston upon Hull 1,389 35 1 1
Kirklees 1 1 1,402 33
Lambeth 1 1 1,156 115
Leeds 1,644 64 1,486 67
Leicester 1 1 1,220 44
Lewisham 1,331 68 1 1
Liverpool 6,955 96 5,416 92
Manchester 4,847 71 5,166 104
Newcastle upon Tyne 1,565 41 1,651 49
Newham 2,777 57 1,961 54
North Tyneside 1,537 25 1 1
Nottingham 1,625 49 1 1
Oldham 1 1 1,129 29
Salford 2,221 35 1,993 37

1 10 and over.

2 Under 10 houses.

Mr. French

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will state, for each year since 1980, the number of schemes for housing development for which local authorities have refused planning permission and the number of homes that would have been built if planning permission had been granted.

Mr. Chope

The table gives information about decisions on planning applications for residential development. This does not indicate the number of dwellings permitted or refused because information about this is not collected centrally.

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