§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) how many local authority dwellings that were vacant on 1 April, for six months or less, were(a) available for letting, (b) to be let after minor repairs, (c) to be let after major works and were undergoing such works, (d) to be let after major works and were awaiting such works, (e) awaiting sale, (f) awaiting demolition and (g) empty for other reasons, and if he will give this information for (i) inner London, (ii) outer London, (iii) metropolitan areas outside London, (iv) the south-east outside London, (v) all non-metropolitan areas, and (vi) England as a whole;
(2) how many local authority dwellings that were vacant on 1 April, over six months and up to a year, were (1) available for letting, (2) to be let after minor repairs, (3) to be let after major works and were undergoing such works, (4) to be let after major works and were awaiting
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Available for letting To be let after minor repairs To be let after major works To be sold Awaiting demolition Empty for other reasons Undergoing works Awaiting works Local authority dwellings vacant for six months or less at 1 April 1989 Inner London 1,700 1,900 500 500 400 0 700 Outer London 1,200 2,000 300 300 100 0 300 Metropolitan areas outside London 7,300 11,500 2,100 1,600 400 1,000 2,700 South East outside London 1,500 1,300 700 300 100 300 100 All non-metropolitan areas 8,000 9,700 3,500 1,400 500 1,000 700 England 18,300 25,000 6,400 3,800 1,400 2,100 4,600 Local authority dwellings vacant for over six months and up to one year at 1 April 1989 Inner London 400 400 600 300 200 100 400 Outer London 200 200 200 100 0 0 100 Metropolitan areas outside London 1,000 900 1,100 600 300 1,300 1,500 South East outside London 100 0 300 100 100 200 0 All non-metropolitan areas 400 0 1,500 600 500 700 300 England 2,000 1,800 3,200 1,400 1,000 2,000 2,400 Local authority dwellings vacant for over one year and under two years at 1 April 1989 Inner London 200 300 500 600 400 100 200 Outer London 100 100 100 100 0 0 100 such works, (5) awaiting sale, (6) awaiting demolition and (7) empty for other reasons; and if he will give this information for (a) inner London, (b) outer London, (c) metropolitan areas outside London, (d) the south-east outside London, (e) all non-metropolitan areas, and (f) England as a whole;
(3) how many local authority dwellings that were vacant on 1 April, for over two years, were (1) available for letting, (2) to be let after minor repairs, (3) to be let after major works and were undergoing such works, (4) to be let after major works and were awaiting such works, (5) awaiting sale, (6) awaiting demolition and (7) empty for other reasons; and if he will give this information for (a) inner London, (b) outer London, (c) metropolitan areas outside London, (d) the south-east outside London, (e) all non-metropolitan areas, and (f) England as a whole;
(4) how many local authority dwellings that were vacant on 1 April, for over a year and under two years, were (1) available for letting, (2) to be let after minor repairs, (3) to be let after major works and were undergoing such works, (4) to be let after major works and were awaiting such works, (5) awaiting sale, (6) awaiting demolition and (7) empty for other reasons; and if he will give this information for (a) inner London, (b) outer London, (c) metropolitan areas outside London, (d) the south-east outside London, (e) all non-metropolitan areas, and (f) England as a whole;
(5) what was the number of local authority dwellings on 1 April, in (a) inner London, (b) outer London, (c) metropolitan areas outside London, (d) the south-east outside London, (e) all non-metropolitan areas, and (f) England as a whole.
§ Mr. ChopeThe following are preliminary estimates derived from local authorities' annual housing investment programme returns (HIP1) for April 1989:
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Local authority dwellings1 at 1 April 1989 Number Inner London 455,900 Outer London 303,200 Metropolitan areas outside London 1,333,500 South East outside London 401,500 All non-metropolitan areas 2,084,300 England 4,177,000 1 Including stock outside the local authority's own area.
Available for letting To be let after minor repairs To be let after major work To be sold Awaiting demolition Empty for other reasons Undergoing works Awaiting works Metropolitan areas outside London 500 800 1,000 700 500 1,800 1,700 South East outside London 0 0 200 100 100 too 0 All non-metropolitan areas 100 0 800 200 400 500 400 England 800 1,400 2,300 1,700 1,300 2,400 2,400 Local authority dwellings vacant for over two years at 1 April 1989 Inner London 200 300 1,000 1,000 1,300 100 1,100 Outer London 0 0 100 100 0 100 100 Metropolitan areas outside London 300 700 600 800 600 2,300 1.000 South East outside London 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 All non-metropolitan areas 0 0 200 0 300 100 100 England 600 1,000 2,000 2,000 2,200 2,600 2,500