§ Mr. George HowarthTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the proportion of all permanent lettings to new tenants in two-bedroom or larger dwellings going to the priority homeless for (i) lettings in the local authority's own stock, (ii) nominations to housing associations, (iii) nominations to mobility schemes and for each local authority all lettings (iv) in England and by his Department's regions in England in 1990–91.
§ Mr. YeoThe information derived from English local authorities' annual housing investment programme returns is as follows: 311W
Percentage of lettings of 2 bedroom or larger dwellings to households accepted as priority cases under homelessness legislation—1 April 1990 to 31 March 1991 DOE region Local authority secure lettings to new tenants Nominations to housing associations Nominations to mobility schemes All lettings of local authority dwellings1 North 29 22 — 19 Yorkshire and Humberside 28 16 2 19 East Midlands 46 30 1 29 Eastern 47 31 4 27 Greater London 82 70 26 59 South Eastern 47 50 15 27 South West 51 42 14 26 West Midlands 48 27 — 28 North West 26 19 — 17 England 43 37 8 29 —Nil or negligible, 1All lettings of local authority stock of this type, including transfers of existing tenants and non-secure lettings to new tenants.