HC Deb 18 December 1989 vol 164 cc4-5W
Mr. Cartwright

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many residential properties his Department has acquired along the line of the east London river crossing; how many have been offered to housing authorities; how many have been refused; and how many are currently unoccupied.

Mr. Atkins

The Department owns 111 residential properties along the line of the east London river crossing; 54 are let to the London borough of Greenwich and three to the London borough of Bexley; 35 are let to various housing associations; 13 are let directly to individual tenants; and six are currently unoccupied.

There is no readily available record of refusals.