HC Deb 20 June 1988 vol 135 cc460-8W
Mr. Frank Field

To 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. Roe

Estimate of numbers and proportions of dwellings in owner-occupation from 1976 to 1987 appear 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 Hughes

To 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. Roe

The 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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