HC Deb 22 February 1989 vol 147 c690W
60. Mr. Carrington

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will identify which London boroughs have a deficit on their housing revenue accounts.

Mr. Trippier

Under the Housing Act 1985, local authorities are required to meet any deficit on their housing revenue accounts by a rate fund contribution (RFC) equal to the deficit. The London boroughs estimating they will make RFCs in 1988–89 are as follows:

  • City of London
  • Camden
  • Greenwich
  • Hackney
  • Hammersmith and Fulham
  • Islington
  • Kensington and Chelsea
  • Lambeth
  • Lewisham
  • Southwark
  • Tower Hamlets
  • Westminster
  • Barnet
  • Brent
  • Ealing
  • Haringey
  • Harrow
  • Newham
  • Waltham Forest

No data for 1988–89 have yet been received from Hounslow (which made an RFC in 1987–88) or from Merton (which did not make one).