§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment(a) how many state-funded housing association and (b) council-owned homes there were, and how many were unoccupied, on 1 April in (i) York, (ii) north Yorkshire, (iii) Yorkshire and Humberside and (iv) England in each since 1979. [31585]
§ Mr. Robert B. JonesThe available information is set out in the tables. The housing association data for 1988 and earlier years are based on estimates provided by local authorities and there is known to be some under-reporting of vacant dwellings.
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Local authority dwellings York North Yorks Yorkshire and Humberside England Stock Vacants Stock Vacants Stock Vacants Stock Vacants 1979 11,679 80 48,119 302 584,770 8,980 4,667,100 100,500 1980 11,611 77 48,321 250 591,810 9,460 4,767,500 100,400 1981 11,572 95 47,969 254 595,980 7,890 4,912,400 97,200 1982 11,437 134 46,951 328 588,850 9,270 4,818,800 99,500 1983 11,097 150 45,422 443 568,870 12,580 4,659,800 107,100 1984 10,862 115 44,473 448 559,140 10,960 4,560,700 105,100 1985 10,684 111 43,829 465 553,720 11,780 4,510,900 109,500 1986 10,467 82 43,254 449 547,100 11,800 4,439,200 111,600 1987 10,325 64 42,579 458 541,110 11,360 4,412,600 110,200 1988 10,149 88 41,491 385 529,370 11,660 4,322,800 102,900 1989 9,786 55 40,201 412 514,310 11,600 4,177,000 100,700 1990 9,661 81 38,956 401 493,800 10,850 4,037,400 99,200 1991 9,641 82 35,230 295 479,100 8,610 3,898,900 83,100 1992 9,580 39 34,949 299 473,810 8,450 3,844,400 74,400 1993 9,484 32 34,607 286 466,220 7,980 3,759,800 70,900 1994 9,336 28 29,874 274 457,550 9,160 3,666,200 70,300 Notes:
The county, regional and England totals are grossed for missing data.
Two authorities in Yorkshire and Humberside—Ryedale (in 1990–91) and Hambleton (in 1993–94) have carried out Large Scale Voluntary transfers to housing associations.
Source:
Annual Housing Investment Programme (HIP1) returns submitted by local authorities.
Housing association dwellings York North Yorks Yorkshire and Humberside England Stock Vacants Stock Vacants Stock Vacants Stock Vacants 1979 361 23 3,748 69 20,940 730 275,900 17,200 1980 421 35 3,711 74 22,420 590 294,900 17,500 1981 421 15 3,093 63 23,250 570 343,000 17,100 1982 475 5 3,189 28 23,830 590 366,600 16,100 1983 488 1 3,306 19 26,750 640 390,100 14,700 1984 567 13 2,817 37 27,490 760 413,900 15,000 1985 673 10 3,155 22 29,120 800 439,500 15,400 1986 703 5 3,413 29 30,970 700 464,500 14,900 1987 786 1 3,592 25 33,800 430 482,500 12,900 1988 810 4 4,246 65 35,200 510 498,100 12,700 1989 760 n/a 3,220 n/a 36,650 n/a 519,600 21,700 1990 851 n/a 3,928 n/a 40,910 n/a 568,300 19,700 1991 874 10 7,206 117 43,570 720 608,300 16,400 1992 947 16 7,463 93 45,910 800 646,100 16,200 1993 1,036 59 8,001 203 49,400 1,940 714,300 27,600 1994 1,113 18 12,833 145 56,800 1,010 778,800 20,700 Notes: >The 1979 to 1988 county, regional and England totals are grossed for missing data but for 1989 to 1994 only the England figures are grossed for missing values. Two authorities in Yorkshire and Humberside—Ryedale (in 1990–91) and Hambelton (in 1993–94) have carried out Large Scale Voluntary Transfers to housing associations. The 1993 vacants figures include a number of dwellings purchased under the Housing Market Package initiative (a total of 10,500 in England). Sources: 1979 to 1988—Annual Housing Investment Programme (HIP1) returns submitted by local authorities. 1989 to 1984—Annual HAR 10/1 returns which housing associations submit to the Housing Corporation.
§ Mr. SpellarTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the Department's estimate of the number of local authority houses that will be built in the current financial year. [32821]
§ Mr. Robert B. JonesThe Department does not prepare forecasts of new house building.