Housing Statistics (Hansard, 5 February 1990)

§ Mr. Battle

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) how many dwellings were let by local authorities between 1 April 1988 and 31 March 1989(a) to new secure tenants and (b) to new secure tenants who were homeless households (1) in inner London, (2) in 440W outer London, (3) in non-metropolitan areas of the south-east, (4) in non-metropolitan areas outside the south-east, (5) in metropolitan areas outside London and (6) in England as a whole;

(2) how many households and how many homeless households, respectively, took up nominations by local authorities between 1 April 1988 and 31 March 1989 (1) in inner London, (2) in outer London, (3) in non-metropolitan areas of the south-east, (4) in non-metropolitan areas outside the south-east, (5) in metropolitan areas outside London and (6) in England as a whole;

(3) how many households local authorities accepted between 1 April 1988 and 31 March 1989 (a) as homeless and (b) as homeless and in priority need (1) in inner London, (2) in outer London, (3) in non-metropolitan areas of the south-east, (4) in non-metropolitan areas outside the south-east, (5) in metropolitan areas outside London and (6) in England as a whole;

(4) how many households were registered on local authority housing waiting lists on 1 April 1989 (a) in inner London, (b) in outer London, (c) in non-metropolitan areas of the south-east, (d) in non-metropolitan areas outside the south-east, (e) in metropolitan areas outside London and (f) in England as a whole;

(5) how many local authority dwellings (a) were vacant and available for letting on 1 April 1988 and (b) became available for letting between 1 April 1988 and 31 March 1989 (i) through new build, (ii) through acquisition or conversion and (iii) through other means (1) in inner London, (2) in outer London, (3) in non-metropolitan areas of the south-east, (4) in non-metropolitan areas outside the south-east, (5) in metropolitan areas outside London and (6) in England as a whole;

(6) how many dwellings were let by local authorities between 1 April 1988 and 31 March 1989 (a) to new non-secure tenants and (b) to new non-secure tenants who were homeless households (1) in inner London, (2) in outer London, (3) in non-metropolitan areas of the south-east, (4) in non-metropolitan areas outside the south-east, (5) in metropolitan areas outside London and (6) in England as a whole;

(7) how many dwellings were let between 1 April 1988 and 31 March 1989 (a) in total and (b) to homeless households (i) through the national mobility scheme; (ii) through the housing association liaison office and (iii) through other mobility schemes (1) in inner London, (2) in outer London, (3) in non-metropolitan areas of the south-east, (4) in non-metropolitan areas outside the south-east, (5) in metropolitan areas outside London and (6) in England as a whole;

(8) how many dwellings were let by local authorities between 1 April 1988 and 31 March 1989 to homeless households referred by other local authorities under the Housing Act 1985 part III, section 68 (a) in inner London, (b) in outer London, (c) in non-metropolitan areas of the south-east, (d) in non-metropolitan areas outside the south-east, (e) in metropolitan areas outside London and (f) in England as a whole.

§ Mr. Chope

[holding answer 29 January 1990]: Following are estimates from local authorities' annual housing investment programme re turns (HIP1) for April 1989:

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Local authority lettings 1 April 1988 to 31 March 1989
	Inner London	Outer London	Non-metropolitan areas in South East	Non-metropolitan areas outside South East	Metropolitan areas outside London	England
Dwellings let to:
New secure tenants	15,500	11,900	26,200	78,500	89,600	221,700
of which homeless households	9,400	7,200	7,400	18,500	19,300	61,800
New non-secure tenants	3,700	1,600	3,300	3,600	1,500	13,700
of which homeless households	3,000	1,500	2,800	2,600	600	10,400
Dwellings let through:
National mobility or local authority mobility scheme (NMS/LAMS)	2,300	1,100	1,000	2,300	1,800	8,600
of which homeless households	1,000	200	¹—	¹—	¹—	1,200
Housing association liaison office (HALO)	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
of which homeless households	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Other mobility schemes	100	100	200	300	100	800
of which homeless households	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Dwellings let to homeless households referred by other local authorities under section 68, Housing Act 1985 between 1 April 1988 and 31 March 1989	300	200	100	200	200	1,000
Nominations to housing associations	2,000	1,300	1,400	5,300	7,800	17,800
of which homeless households	900	500	100	400	800	2,600
Total households accepted as homeless 1988–89	17,500	11,600	16,600	33,500	38,300	117,400
of which in priority need	16,400	11,300	15,800	31,800	31,800	107,200
Households on waiting lists at 1 April 1989	139,900	104,200	205,000	488,000	313,000	1,250,000
Dwellings vacant and available for letting on 1 April 1988	2,600	1,600	3,600	8,000	8,800	24,600
Dwellings coming into management during 1988–89 which were:
(a) Newly built	900	800	6,400	6,300	1,700	16,200
(b) Acquisition etc.	1,100	800	2,000	4,400	4,700	13,000
Other dwellings which became available for letting	31,800	24,400	55,700	138,100	154,100	404,000
Total dwellings available for letting 1 April 1988 to 31 March 1989	36,500	27,600	67,600	157,000	169,300	457,900
¹ Less than 50.