§ Mr. BettsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was(a) the level of housing grants, (b) the number of council houses built, (c) the size of the council housing stock, (d) the number of families legally accepted as homeless, (e) the number of such families housed in local authority housing and (g) the number of such families housed by nomination to housing associations or other housing for the years 1979–80 to 1993–94 for each local authority in England.
§ Sir George YoungThe available information on housing stock, households accepted as homeless, homeless households housed in local authority dwellings and homeless households housed by nomination to housing associations or in other ways can be found in the annual "HIP1 All Items Print", copies of which are in the Library. The column reference numbers in the prints are as follows:
- Local authority dwellings at 1 April
- Within local authority's own area—Column A11
- Outside local authority's own area—Column A16 (only available for 1987 to 1993)
- Households accepted as homeless in the year ending 31 March
- 1980 and 1981—Column C5
- 1982 to 1984—Column B5
- 1985—Column B6a
- 1986 to 1989—Column C1a
- 1990 to 1993—Column C11
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- Homeless households housed by LAs in the year ending 31 March
- Secure lettings only
- 1980—Column D4b1
- 1981—Column E4b1
- 1982—Column E8b
- 1983—Column E9b
- Secure lettings, non-secure lettings and mobility scheme lettings
- 1984—Columns D5a + D9b + D10a
- 1985—Columns D5b + D9b + D10b
- 1986 to 1988—Columns E5b + E9b + E10b
- 1989—Columns E5a2 + E5b2 + E5c2 + E7 + E9b + E10b
- 1990—Columns E5a21 + E5b21 + E5c21 + E81 + E9b1 +E10b1
- 1991 to 1993—Columns E5a21 + E5b21 + E81 + E9b1 + E10b1
- Homeless households taking up LA nominations to housing associations in the year ending 31 March
- 1980—not available
- 1981 and 1982—Column D1b
- 1983—Column C1b
- 1984—Column C1a
- 1985—Column C1b
- 1986 to 1990—Column D1b
- 1991 to 1993—Column D1b1
- Homeless household taking up LA nominations to bodies other than housing associations or taking up LA or housing association tenancies in other local authorities in the year ending 31 March
- 1980 to 1989 not available
- 1990—Columns D2b+D3b+D4
- 1991 and 1992—Columns D2b1+D3b1+D41
- 1993—Columns D2b1 +D3b1 +D51
Details of the housing investment programme—HIP —allocations, which give an indication of what the Government consider are the relative resource requirements for capital expenditure on housing, for each local authority in England for the years since 1979–80 are also available in the Library.
Figures for house building by individual local authorities are published on a calendar year basis; the publications in which they can be found, which are again available in the Library, are as follows:
1979 Local Housing Statistics Issue No. 59 Table 4(b) 1980–84 Housebuilding in England by local authority areas Tables 1.1–1.5 1985–90 Local Housing Statistics Issue No. 103 Tables 1(a)-(f) 1991 Local Housing Statistics Issue No. 105 Table 1(b) 1992 Local Housing Statistics Issue No. 106 Table 1(b) 1993* Local Housing Statistics Issue No. 107 Table 1 * January to June only Figures for financial years could be provided only at disproportionate cost.