HC Deb 24 October 1988 vol 139 cc91-2W
Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what are the most recent figures he has for the number of local authority dwellings unlawfully occupied in each London borough.

Mr. Trippier

The numbers of local authority dwellings in unlicensed occupation at April 1988, as reported by London boroughs in their housing investment programme returns, are as follows:

Numbers
City of London 0
Barking and Dagenham 6
Barnet 0
Bexley 0
Brent 229
Bromley 7
Camden 340
Croydon 2
Ealing 79
Enfield 22
Greenwich 27

Numbers
Hackney 953
Hammersmith and Fulham 143
Haringey 165
Harrow 0
Havering 0
Hillingdon 0
Hounslow 18
Islington 449
Kensington and Chelsea 6
Kingston upon Thames 8
Lambeth 1,170
Lewisham 163
Merton 18
Newham 52
Redbridge 7
Richmond upon Thames 5
Southwark 1,672
Sutton 0
Tower Hamlets 426
Waltham Forest 48
Wandsworth 65
Westminster 98