§ Mr. William PowellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list for each district authority in Northamptonshire the total discounted value of public sector flats and houses sold in each year since 1991–92. [20279]
§ Mr. Robert B. JonesThe latest information on total discounted values of dwellings sold by local authorities in Northamptonshire between April 1991 and December 467W 1994 is given in the table. Actual cash receipts in any year will depend on the extent to which sales were financed by loans from the authorities.
Discounted value of all sales £ million Local Authority 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 11994–95 Corby 2,421 2,097 3,678 1,852 Daventry 1,242 3,061 1,316 776 East Northamptonshire 1,042 1,261 2,368 1,662 Kettering 1,020 1,029 1,287 n/a Northampton 4,197 2,503 4,524 n/a South Northamptonshire 1,109 1,543 1,982 1,618 Wellingborough 1,480 1,165 991 1,011 19 months.
§ Mr. William PowellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his latest estimate of the number of local authority tenants not in receipt of housing benefit for each local authority in Northamptonshire. [20267]
§ Mr. Robert B. JonesBased on returns from local authorities for 1994–95, the Department's latest estimates for the numbers of local authority tenants not in receipt of housing benefit in each local authority in Northamptonshire are as follows:
Local authority Council tenants not on housing benefit Corby 3,500 Daventry 1,600 East Northampton 1,800 Kettering 1,700 Northampton 5,600 South Northampton 1,500 Wellingborough 2,500
§ Mr. William PowellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish the total number of households accepted by each local authority in Northamptonshire for each year since 1992–93 for securing permanent accommodation under the homeless provisions of the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977 and subsequent legislation. [20278]
§ Mr. Robert B. JonesLocal authorities report the number of households for whom they accept responsibility to secure permanent accommodation under the homelessness provisions of the 1985 Housing Act in their quarterly P1(E) returns.
I refer my hon. Friend to the answer my right hon. Friend the Minister for Local Government, Housing and Urban Regeneration gave for the information covering the years 1992 to 1994 to the hon. Member for Greenwich (Mr. Raynsford) on 4 April 1995, Official Report, column 1049.
§ Mr. William PowellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the total usable receipts held by each local authority in Northamptonshire on 30 March for each year since 1983. [20270]
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Numbers employed in local authorities in Northamptonshire at June of each year 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 Authority Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Northamptonshire 11,784 9,751 11,832 9,735 11,857 10,254 11,890 10,934 11,594 11,223 11,819 11,477 Corby 527 122 550 112 582 108 572 141 583 170 580 135
§ Mr. Robert B. JonesThe total usable capital receipts held at 31 March in each year from 1990 onwards are given in the table. Information is not available on a comparable basis for years prior to the introduction of the current capital control system in 1990.
Usable capital receipts held at 31 March £ million 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 Northamptonshire 13.412 12.131 11.829 0.220 0.220 Corby 2.003 0.001 0.120 0.749 3.447 Daventry 7.311 6.730 4.510 2.884 0.622 East Northampton 5.233 3.144 2.402 2.628 0.000 Kettering 6.000 2.542 1.741 1.481 2.964 Northampton 21.235 13.849 10.549 3.634 4.523 South Northampton 7.021 2.729 0.738 0.000 2.152 Wellingborough 18.461 14.075 11.267 11.840 11.082
§ Mr. William PowellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many dwellings were owned by each district council in Northamptonshire at the time the right to buy was introduced; how many are owned at the latest date; what percentage that is of the original figure. [20268]
§ Mr. Robert B. JonesLocal authorities in England report the number of dwellings they own on their annual housing investment programme returns. The numbers of dwellings reported by each local authority in Northamptonshire at 1 April 1980 have been compared with those at 1 April 1994, the latest information available.
Local authority (1) Stock of dwellings at 1 April 1994 (2) Stock of dwellings at 1 April 1980 (1) as a percentage of (2) Corby 7,631 13,628 56.0 Daventry 4,095 6,082 67.3 East Northamptonshire 4,557 6,047 75.4 Kettering 4,881 6,626 75.7 Northampton 15,825 12,925 122.4 South Northamptonshire 3,667 5,745 63.8 Wellingborough 5,845 7,750 75.4 Right to buy was introduced in October 1980. Changes in local authorities' dwelling stocks include other losses and gains apart from sales through the right to buy. In the case of Northampton district council, the 1994 stock reflects the acquisition of some 6,400 dwellings from the Commission for the New Towns in April 1985.
§ Mr. William PowellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many people were employed by each local authority in Northamptonshire(a) full time and (b) part time in each year since 1983. [20272]
§ Mr. Robert B. JonesThe available information is given in the table.
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Numbers employed in local authorities in Northamptonshire at June of each year 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 Authority Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Daventry 268 48 268 43 275 53 287 54 298 59 311 79 East Northamptonshire 263 70 266 73 264 73 265 72 261 69 260 80 Kettering 509 92 494 105 486 103 485 108 478 109 478 96 Northampton 1,606 172 1,608 159 1,599 183 1,606 178 1,482 216 1,431 235 South Northamptonshire 261 35 263 34 257 34 252 37 255 43 255 26 Wellingborough 386 67 389 73 384 77 376 79 378 83 384 90
1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 19941 Authority Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Northamptonshire 11,536 11,295 11,005 12,365 10,943 10,966 10,752 10,409 9,507 9,870 n/a n/a Corby 613 134 667 153 621 135 613 133 n/a n/a n/a n/a Daventry n/a n/a 314 106 312 118 315 86 312 89 344 96 East Northamptonshire 267 78 213 57 200 57 203 57 n/a n/a n/a n/a Kettering 468 104 464 105 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Northampton n/a n/a 1,554 192 1,602 281 1,518 151 1,429 255 1,396 180 South Northamptonshire n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 342 43 336 74 334 63 Wellingborough 388 93 388 105 392 100 383 119 346 116 339 112 Notes:
1Provisional data.
n/a: Data not available.
1. Education, highways, fire services, law and order and social services are administered by Northamptonshire county council. The other authorities shown are district councils which, among other services, administer housing, planning and refuse collection.
2. Polytechnics and higher education institutions were transferred from the local authority sector in April 1989.
3. Further education institutions became the responsibility of the Further Education Funding Council in April 1993.
Source:
Joint Staffing Watch for England.