§ Mr. DunnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the rent arrears, in cash and percentage terms, for each of the London boroughs as at the date for which figures are kept.
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§ Sir George Young[holding answer Monday 28 February 1994]: The latest available information is as follows:
Cumulative rent arrears at 31 March 1993—London boroughs Local Authority Arrears as per cent. of Rent Roll Total Rent Arrears (£000's) Barking 2.4 873 Barnet 4.2 1,286 Bexley 2.6 429 Brent 31.8 15,500 Bromley 27.7 399 Camden 19.4 14,170 City of London 4.7 244 Croydon 3.1 1,329 Ealing 29.5 21,184 Enfield 8.5 3,320 Greenwich 23.0 15,218 Hackney 32.6 33,718 Hammersmith 16.4 6,944 Haringey 21.6 12,681 Harrow 4.1 746 Havering 2.0 465 Hillingdon 3.1 1,224 Hounslow 9.7 3,055 Islington 20.4 18,630 Kensington and Chelsea 8.1 1,786 Kingston upon Thames 4.1 712 Lambeth 25.0 21,121 Lewisham 13.2 9,627 Merton 5.3 1,317 Newham 25.0 12,368 Redbridge 6.1 1,719 Richmond upon Thames 5.6 1,104 Southwark 24.7 29,900 Sutton 4.3 938 Tower Hamlets 6.4 4,324 Waltham Forest 6.2 2,119 Wandsworth 6.7 4,144 Westminster 6.9 3,450 Source: HIP1 Forms