§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many households were recorded on local authority housing waiting lists on 1 April 1987 in England as a whole and for each region of England.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThe information provided by local authorities in their 1987 housing investment programme returns is as follows:
Households on local authority waiting lists, April 1987 Standard region Thousands North 112 Yorkshire and Humberside 160 East Midlands 110 East Anglia 43 Greater London 264 Rest of South East 200 South West 87 West Midlands 132 North West 181 England 1,289 Local authorities' criteria for inclusion of names on the waiting lists are not uniform and the frequency of reviewing the lists varies.
§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many households were housed by local authorities from their waiting lists through allocation procedures(a) during 1983–84, (b) during 1984–85, (c) during 1985–86 and (d) during 1986–87, for England as a whole and for each region of England.
§ Mr. WaldegraveIn their annual housing investment programme returns local authorities report the number of826W dwellings which have been let on secure tenancies to households under normal waiting list allocation procedures. The information is as follows:
New secure tenants housed from waiting lists Thousands 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 Standard region North 17.4 18.3 19.0 18.5 Yorkshire and Humberside 24.4 23.5 25.9 25.6 East Midlands 17.3 17.5 16.1 16.0 East Anglia 5.6 5.4 4.8 4.2 Greater London 13.6 10.9 10.7 9.3 Rest of South East 22.0 21.4 20.2 18.5 South West 10.1 9.8 9.2 9.0 West Midlands 20.6 19.1 18.4 18.5 North West 30.1 30.5 29.1 29.8 England 161.0 156.4 153.2 149.4