HC Deb 05 July 1989 vol 156 cc180-1W
Mr. David Nicholson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list in theOfficial Report the 30 local authorities in England with the largest number of council-owned properties occupied by squatters, with the number in each case.

Mr. Trippier

Based on local authorities' housing investment programme returns for April 1988, the list is as follows:

Dwellings in unlicensed occupation
(1) Southwark 1,672
(2) Lambeth 1,170
(3) Hackney 953
(4) Islington 449
(5) Tower Hamlets 426
(6) Camden 340
(7) Brent 229
(8) Haringey 165
(9) Lewisham 163
(10) Hammersmith and Fulham 143
(II) Westminster 98
(12) Ealing 79
(13) Manchester 69
(14) Liverpool 67
(15) Wandsworth 65
(16) Newham 52
(17) Waltham Forest 48
(18) Greenwich 27
(19) Enfield 22
(20) Hounslow 18
(21) Merton 18
(22) Forest Heath 15
(23) Birmingham 14
(24) Kingston upon Thames 8
(25) Bromley 7
(26) Redbridge 7
(27) Kensington and Chelsea 6
(28) Barking and Dagenham 6
(29) Bristol 6
(30) Richmond upon Thames 5