§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) how many local authority dwellings (a) were vacant and available for letting on 1 April 1989 and (b) became available for letting between 1 April 1989 and 31 March 1990 (i) through new build, (ii) through acquisition, modernisation or conversion and (iii) through other means in (1) inner London, (2) outer London, (3) non-metropolitan areas of the south-east, (4) non-metropolitan areas outside the south-east, (5) metropolitan areas outside London and (6) England as a whole;
(2) how many households local authorities accepted between 1 April 1989 and 31 March 1990 (a) as homeless and (b) as homeless and in priority need, in (1) inner London, (2) outer London, (3) non-metropolitan areas of the south-east, (4) non-metropolitan areas outside the south-east, (5) metropolitan areas outside London and (6) England as a whole;
(3) how many households were registered on the local authority housing waiting lists on 1 April 1990 in (a) inner London, (b) outer London, (c) non-metropolitan areas of the south-east, (d) non-metropolitan areas outside the south-east, (e) metropolitan areas outside London and (f) England as a whole;
(4) how many dwellings were let by local authorities between 1 April 1989 and 31 March 1990 (a) to new secure tenants and (b) to new secure tenants who were homeless households in (1) inner London, (2) outer London, (3) non-metropolitan areas of the south-east, (4) non-metropolitan areas outside the south-east, (5) metropolitan areas outside London and (6) England as a whole;
(5) how many dwellings were let by local authorities between 1 April 1989 and 31 March 1990 (a) to new non-secure tenants and (b) to new non-secure tenants who were homeless households in (1) inner London, (2) outer London, (3) non-metropolitan areas of the south-east, (4) non-metropolitan areas outside the south-east, (5) metropolitan areas outside London and (6) England as a a whole;
(6) how many households and how many homeless households took up nominations by local authorities to housing association dwellings between 1 April 1989 and 31 March 1990 in (a) inner London, (b) outer London, (c) non-metropolitan areas of the south-east, (d) non-metropolitan areas outside the south-east, (e) metropolitan areas outside London and (f) England as a whole;
(7) how many dwellings were let between 1 April 1989 and 31 March 1990 (a) in total and (b) to homeless 195W households (i) through the national mobility scheme, (ii) through HALO and (iii) through other mobility schemes in (1) inner London, (2) outer London, (3) non-metropolitan areas of the south-east, (4) non-metropolitan areas outside the south-east, (5) metropolitan areas outside London and (6) England as a whole.
Local authority lettings 1 April 1989 to 31 March 1990 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 13,500 11,500 23,700 73,100 85,000 206,800 of which homeless households 8,300 7,200 7,400 20,200 20,500 63,600 New non-secure tenants1 5,500 4,200 4,600 4,000 2,400 20,700 of which homeless households2 5,200 2,100 4,000 3,200 1,300 15,800 Dwellings let through: National mobility or local authority mobility scheme (NMS/LAMS) 2,500 1,000 1,100 1,900 1,800 8,300 of which homeless households 1,000 100 — — — 1,200 Housing association liaison office (HALO) — — — — — 100 of which homeless households — — — — — — Other mobility schemes 100 100 200 200 100 500 of which homeless households — — — — — — Dwellings let to homeless households referred by other local authorities under section 68, Housing Act 1985 between 1 April 1989 and 31 March 1990 400 100 100 200 100 1,000 Nominations to housing associations 2,800 1,400 2,000 7,200 7,500 21,000 of which homeless households 1,200 600 500 800 1,200 4,300 Total households accepted as homeless3 1989–90 21,600 12,800 17,900 37,900 42,700 153,000 of which in priority need 19,200 12,500 17,300 36,600 35,300 120,900 Households on waiting lists at 1 April 1990 136,900 92,200 192,500 494,000 340,000 1,255,500 Dwellings vacant and available for letting on 1 April 1989 2,900 1,500 3,500 7,200 9,700 24,800 Dwellings coming into management during 1989–90 which were: (a) Newly built 1,100 900 4,900 6,300 1,200 14,300 (b) Acquisition etc. 1,900 700 1,700 4,000 4,400 12,700 (c) Acquired on short leases 3,400 2,700 1,000 400 — 7,500 Other dwellings which became available for letting 26,600 23,300 53,600 130,000 147,200 380,600 Total dwellings available for letting 1 April 1989 to 31 March 1990 35,900 29,100 64,600 147,800 162,400 440,000 Note: = less than 50.
1 Many of these are lettings of dwellings held on short-term leases.
2 Mainly accommodated temporarily.
3 For whom local authorities accepted the duty to secure accommodation.