§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the number and the proportion of all households accounted for by owner-occupiers, for each of the last 20 years.
§ Mrs. RoeEstimate of numbers and proportions of dwellings in owner-occupation from 1976 to 1987 appear 461W in table 2.22 of the quarterly "Housing and Construction Statistics", No. 32, a copy of which is available in the Library. Estimates for England from 1968 to 1975 are as follows:
Estimated stock of owner-occupied dwellings in England End of year Thousand Per cent, of all dwellings 1968 7,870 50.6 1969 8,029 50.9 1970 8,214 51.4 1971 8,501 52.4 1972 8,780 53.5 1973 9,029 54.5 1974 9,205 54.9 1975 9,385 55.3 Note: Although numbers are expressed to the nearest thousand they should not be regarded as accurate to the last digit.
§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask 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 in 1986–87; and what percentage this represented of the total number of houses available for new tenants in 1986–87.
§ Mrs. RoeThe information provided by English local authorities in their housing investment programme returns for 1987 is in the following table. For information about Welsh authorities I refer the hon. Member to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.
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Local authority lettings to homeless households in priority need in 1986–87 Local authority Dwellings let to new tenants (excluding mobility schemes) through mobility schemes Number Percentage Number Region North Inc. Cumbria Cleveland Hartlepool 171 28 — Langbaurgh 67 11 — Middlesbrough 397 41 n.a. Stockton-on-Tees 252 23 — Cumbria Allerdale 45 15 — Barrow-in-Furness 27 10 — Carlisle 77 12 — Copeland 68 17 — Eden 23 14 — South Lakeland 22 9 — Durham Chester-le-Street 28 5 — Darlington 66 13 — Derwentside 17 2 — Durham 78 11 — Easington 24 2 — Sedgefield 68 7 — Teesdale 16 25 — Wear Valley 51 9 — Northumberland Alnwick 12 6 — Berwick-upon-Tweed 11 6 — Blyth Valley 78 14 — Castle Morpeth 22 9 — Tynedale 29 14 — Wansbeck 112 19 — Tyne and Wear Gateshead 335 21 — Newcastle upon Tyne 781 15 n.a. North Tyneside 719 45 —
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Local authority Dwellings let to new tenants (excluding mobility schemes) through mobility schemes Number Percentage Number South Tyneside 168 15 — Sunderland 270 12 — Region Yorkshire and Humberside Humberside Beverley 107 25 — Boothferry 32 11 — Cleethorpes 24 8 — East Yorkshire 14 7 — Glanford 41 10 — Great Grimsby 78 13 — Holderness 24 12 — Kingston upon Hull 561 28 — Scunthorpe 53 9 — North Yorkshire Craven 37 22 — Hambleton 46 21 — Harrogate 71 24 — Richmondshire 37 21 — Ryedale 61 29 — Scarborough 107 30 — Selby 38 9 — York 143 28 — South Yorkshire Barnsley 83 5 — Doncaster 53 2 — Rotherham 119 5 — Sheffield 1,042 25 — West Yorkshire Bradford 508 15 — Calderdale 156 11 — Kirklees 1,023 30 1 Leeds 1,090 20 — Wakefield 62 2 — Region East Midlands Derbyshire Amber Valley 139 37 — Bolsover 27 7 — Chesterfield 75 10 — Derby 313 22 — Derbyshire Dales 39 16 — Erewash 103 20 — High Peak 65 19 — North East Derbyshire 84 14 — South Derbyshire 58 33 — Leicestershire Blaby 61 31 — Charnwood 96 14 — Harborough 45 28 — Hinckley and Bosworth 29 13 — Leicester 443 21 — Melton 50 28 — North West Leicestershire 70 18 — Oadby and Wigston 52 46 — Rutland 45 58 — Lincolnshire Boston 17 5 — East Lindsey 56 16 — Lincoln 101 14 — North Kesteven 46 12 — South Holland 38 26 — South Kesteven 142 24 — West Lindsey 62 15 — Northamptonshire Corby 197 30 — Daventry 74 27 1 East Northamptonshire 66 19 — Kettering 62 20 —
Local authority Dwellings let to new tenants (excluding mobility schemes) through mobility schemes Number Percentage Number Northampton 214 14 — South Northamptonshire 95 41 — Wellingborough 78 15 — Nottinghamshire Ashfield 186 28 — Bassetlaw 173 25 n.a. Broxtowe 88 21 — Gedling 57 24 — Mansfield 201 21 — Newark and Sherwood 41 8 — Nottingham 355 14 — Rushcliffe 59 23 — Region East Anglia Cambridgeshire Cambridge 184 41 — East Cambridgeshire 44 21 1 Fenland 21 9 — Huntingdonshire 180 38 — Peterborough 102 22 — South Cambridgeshire 90 29 — Norfolk Breckland 111 25 — Broadland 54 28 — Great Yarmouth 54 16 — Kings Lynn and West Norfolk 122 28 — North Norfolk 103 43 — Norwich 409 28 — South Norfolk 62 32 2 Suffolk Babergh 147 63 — Forest Heath 26 14 — Ipswich 149 46 — Mid Suffolk 58 23 — St. Edmundsbury 49 15 — Suffolk Coastal 18 7 — Waveney 87 28 —
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Local authority lettings to homeless households in priority need in 1986–87 Local Authority Dwellings let to new tenants (excluding mobility schemes) Through mobility schemes Number Percentage Number Region Greater London Inner London City of London 15 12 — Camden 1,373 72 17 Hackney 674 64 151 Hammersmith and Fulham 437 60 42 Haringey 873 70 13 Islington 941 63 101 Kensington and Chelsea 255 49 5 Lambeth 1,142 48 75 Lewisham 1,219 73 76 Newham 818 59 n.a. Southwark 1,404 59 173 Tower Hamlets 627 44 120 Wandsworth 364 49 82 Westminster 554 60 10 Outer London Barking and Dagenham 1142 13 n.a. Barnet 319 46 25 Bexley 190 42 — Brent 579 79 4 Bromley 602 80 6 Croydon 511 67 6
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Local Authority Dwellings let to new tenants (excluding mobility schemes) Through mobility schemes Number Percentage Number Ealing 522 57 17 Enfield 353 42 1 Greenwich 21,130 81 112 Harrow 211 59 — Havering 260 35 4 Hillingdon 326 56 — Hounslow 625 61 12 Kingston upon Thames 175 69 3 Merton 290 48 — Redbridge 287 60 3 Richmond upon Thames 199 46 — Sutton 285 57 n.a. Waltham Forest 564 50 — Region South East Excluding London Bedfordshire Luton 26 5 — Mid Bedfordshire 43 14 — North Bedfordshire 108 24 1 South Bedfordshire 122 37 — Berkshire Bracknell 107 39 — Newbury 116 39 — Reading 159 52 — Slough 236 46 10 Windsor and Maidenhead 73 26 — Wokingham 46 24 — Buckinghamshire Aylesbury Vale 144 30 — Chiltern 43 17 — Milton Keynes 119 30 — South Bucks 13 9 — Wycombe 179 47 — East Sussex Brighton 185 44 — Eastbourne 130 36 — Hastings 141 42 3 Hove 138 63 — Lewes 82 35 — Rother 108 52 — Wealden 154 51 — Essex Basildon 121 30 — Braintree 109 20 — Brentwood 41 13 3 Castle Point 33 30 — Chelmsford 162 39 3 Colchester 337 50 1 Epping Forest 13 4 1 Harlow 190 26 — Maldon 61 48 — Rochford 50 51 — Southend-on-Sea 116 38 — Tendring 57 30 1 Thurrock 198 33 10 Uttlesford 34 25 — Hampshire Basingstoke and Deane 85 21 — East Hampshire 85 42 — Eastleigh 74 31 — Fareham 41 25 — Gosport 165 54 — Hart 37 38 — Havant 45 16 — New Forest 308 73 — Portsmouth 167 18 — Rushmoor 173 65 — Southampton 148 11 — Test Valley 149 40 — Winchester 84 25 —
Local Authority Dwellings let to new tenants (excluding mobility schemes) Through mobility schemes Number Percentage Number Hertfordshire Broxbourne 96 56 — Dacorum 70 13 — East Hertfordshire 133 43 — Hertsmere 114 44 2 North Hertfordshire 63 16 — St. Albans 139 51 — Stevenage 160 28 — Three Rivers 118 43 — Watford 117 39 — Welwyn Hatfield 89 18 1 Isle of Wight Medina 104 43 — South Wight 85 58 — Kent Ashford 84 19 — Canterbury 163 43 — Dartford 81 27 — Dover 49 16 — Gillingham 111 45 1 Gravesham 85 37 — Maidstone 195 53 — Rochester upon Medway 42 15 — Sevenoaks 179 46 2 Shepway 5 2 — Swale 85 30 — Thanet 40 10 — Tonbridge and Malling 156 64 — Tunbridge Wells 128 49 — Oxfordshire Cherwell 145 30 — Oxford 119 30 — South Oxfordshire 27 7 — Vale of White Horse 18 8 — West Oxfordshire 42 18 — Surrey Elmbridge 117 44 — Epsom and Ewell 10 13 — Guildford 80 26 — Mole Valley 21 13 — Reigate and Banstead 87 30 — Runnymede 62 45 — Spelthorne 24 10 — Surrey Heath 39 33 — Tandridge 102 37 — Waverley 119 45 1 Woking 101 35 — West Sussex Adur 71 42 — Arun 40 13 — Chichester 145 36 — Crawley 169 32 — Horsham 98 35 — Mid Sussex 90 46 3 Worthing 65 30 —
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Local authority lettings to homeless households in priority need in 1986–87 Local Authority Dwellings let to new tenants (excluding mobility schemes) through mobility schemes number percentage number Region South West Avon Bath 177 42 — Bristol 493 22 —
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Local Authority Dwellings let to new tenants (excluding mobility schemes) through mobility schemes number percentage number Kingswood 76 38 — Northavon 65 26 — Wansdyke 42 20 — Woodspring 187 44 1 Cornwall Caradon 76 26 — Carrick 57 27 — Kerrier 51 27 — North Cornwall 61 22 — Penwith 46 28 — Restormel 136 51 — Isles of Scilly 1 13 — Devon East Devon 86 77 — Exeter 46 10 — Mid Devon 49 24 — North Devon 49 21 — Plymouth 376 36 — South Hams 28 14 — Teignbridge 132 55 — Torbay 132 53 — Torridge 8 7 — West Devon 44 31 — Dorset Bournemouth 128 31 — Christchurch 51 53 — North Dorset 65 38 — Poole 168 48 — Purbeck 70 50 — West Dorset 53 20 — Weymouth and Portland 116 59 — East Dorset 37 29 — Gloucestershire Cheltenham 41 12 — Cotswold 65 46 1 Forest of Dean 66 26 — Gloucester 147 40 2 Stroud 145 44 — Tewkesbury 71 29 — Somerset Mendip 59 21 1 Sedgemoor 67 20 — South Somerset 161 34 — Taunton Deane 123 31 4 West Somerset 45 36 — Wiltshire Kennet 106 56 3 North Wiltshire 144 44 — Salisbury 117 47 — Thamesdown 94 11 — West Wiltshire 85 27 — Region West Midlands Hereford and Worcester Bromsgrove 75 33 — Hereford 98 37 — Leominster 40 39 — Malvern Hills 183 55 1 Redditch 157 22 — South Herefordshire 29 25 — Worcester 130 30 — Wychavon 18 6 — Wyre Forest 170 38 2 Shropshire Bridgnorth 22 12 — North Shropshire 53 30 — Oswestry 50 34 — Shrewsbury and Atcham 45 8 —
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Local Authority Dwellings let to new tenants (excluding mobility schemes) through mobility schemes number percentage number South Shropshire 24 24 — The Wrekin 140 20 — Staffordshire Cannock Chase 80 17 — East Staffordshire 76 17 — Lichfield 165 61 — Newcastle-under-Lyme 170 22 — South Staffordshire 90 31 — Stafford 124 36 — Staffordshire Moorlands 56 30 — Stoke-on-Trent 490 31 — Tamworth 146 21 — Warwickshire North Warwickshire 54 22 — Nuneaton and Bedworth 79 16 — Rugby 79 18 — Stratford-on-Avon 82 23 — Warwick 88 25 — West Midlands Birmingham 4,855 52 — Coventry 314 15 — Dudley 127 7 — Sandwell 360 12 — Solihull 283 29 — Walsall 472 30 — Wolverhampton 391 17 — Region North West excluding Cumbria Cheshire Chester 248 43 — Congleton 50 25 — Crewe and Nantwich 105 21 — Ellesmere Port and Neston 9 2 — Halton 201 41 — Macclesfield 222 42 — Vale Royal 189 28 — Warrington 60 9 — Lancashire Blackburn 236 15 — Blackpool 93 14 — Burnley 107 14 — Chorley 125 43 — Fylde 20 15 — Hyndburn 115 22 — Lancaster 44 12 — Pendle 60 10 — Preston 152 19 — Ribble Valley 41 28 — Rossendale 62 12 — South Ribble 62 18 — West Lancashire 208 18 — Wyre 97 40 — Greater Manchester Bolton 726 36 — Bury 291 29 — Manchester 2,195 39 — Oldham 62 3 — Rochdale 53 2 — Salford 110 6 — Stockport 200 19 — Tameside 251 14 — Trafford 237 37 — Wigan 364 14 — Merseyside Knowsley 251 14 — Liverpool 276 10 — St. Helens 257 23 — Sefton 98 9 — Wirral 271 12 — Notes:
1 Barking and Dagenham—number of lettings to homeless households on non-secure tenancies not reported.
2 Greenwich—number of lettings on non-secure tenancies not reported.