HC Deb 24 January 1990 vol 165 cc740-1W
23. Mr.Janman

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the 10 local authorities in England with the highest rent arrears.

Mr. Chope

Local authority figures for 1988–89 are not yet available. The top 10 authorities with the highest arrears as a percentage of their rent roll in 1987–88 were as follows:

Rank Authority Amount
£million percentage
1. Brent1 8.1 47
2. Lambeth 12.6 30
3. Southwark 19.0 29
4. Islington 9.8 27
5. Hackney 8.4 24
6. Haringey 4.1 19
7. Liverpool 11.2 18
8. Waltham Forest 3.1 16

highest arrears as a percentage of their rent roll in 1987–88 were as follows:

Rank Authority Amount
£ million percentage
9. Greenwich 4.8 15
10. Camden 4.7 15
1 The figure reported by (£16.7 million) included rate arrears, and so on. The figure in the table is a DOE estimate on a pro rata basis (the basis apparently used by Brent in previous years).