HC Deb 23 May 1991 vol 191 c541W
Ms. Gordon

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many of the residential units completed in the London Docklands UDA since 1981 have been(a) built for sale, (b) built for rent by local authorities, (c) built for rent by housing associations and (d) built for other types of tenure; if he will specify them; and if he will provide similar figures for those residential units that have been built on London Docklands development corporation-owned land since 1981.

Mr. Key

Nearly a fifth of all new housing in the UDA is social housing of one sort or another, as shown in the table below.

Total in UDA On LDDC land
(a) For sale 12,247 6,498
(b) Local authority rented 804 209
(c) Housing association rented 1,471 985
(d) Other—shared ownership 560 538
—self build 138 137
Total 15,220 8,367

Ms. Gordon

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will provide for each year since 1981, the total expenditure by the London Docklands development corporation on(a) the provision of the new units of social housing and (b) housing improvements or refurbishment.

Mr. Key

[pursuant to his answer, 8 May 1991, Official Report, c. 519]: The information is provided in the tables:

(a) New social housing units
£ million
1981–82 0.0
1982–83 0.0
1983–84 3.3
1984–85 0.0
1985–86 0.0
1986–87 0.0
1987–88 0.0
1988–89 50.5
1989–90 43.7
1990–91 27.0
Total 1124.5

(b) Housing improvement or refurbishment
£ million
1981–82 0.0
1982–83 0.4
1983–84 0.4
1984–85 0.0
1985–86 0.2
1986–87 1.7
1987–88 2.3
1988–89 6.8
1989–90 1.4
1990–91 8.5
Total 21.7
1Not including contributions made in form of land sold at social housing use values.