§ Mr. Austin-WalkerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list for each London borough(a) the numbers of applicants currently on the council housing waiting lists, (b) the total central Government funding for new rented housing association homes for 1995–96, excluding TIS, DIYSO and major repairs or sale programmes, (c) the sum which would have been available if original funding intentions as set out in the
Local authority Allocations £'000s Related units 1992 Autumn statement estimated allocation £'000s Related units Barking and Dagenham 1,415 46 3,561 116 Barnet 3,610 81 9,084 204 Bexley 1,159 68 2,916 171 Brent 5,827 117 14,663 294 Bromley 1,997 92 5,025 232 Camden 7,722 146 19,432 367 Croydon 4,457 138 11,215 347 Ealing 8,020 166 20,180 418 Enfield 3,682 114 9,265 287 Greenwich 4,712 126 11,856 317 Hackney 12,054 296 30,332 745 Hammersmith and Fulham 6,945 137 17,475 345 Haringey 9,788 179 24,629 450 Harrow 2,123 50 5,343 126 Havering 1,235 49 3,107 123 Hillingdon 8,137 241 20,475 606 Hounslow 4,386 103 11,036 259 Islington 7,028 136 17,685 342 Kensington and Chelsea 5,701 151 14,345 380 Kingston upon Thames 1,941 91 4,884 229 Lambeth 8,382 158 21,091 398 Lewisham 4,870 109 12,255 274 Merton 2,125 303 5,347 762 Newham 8,149 241 20,506 606 Redbridge 2,648 82 6,664 206 Richmond upon Thames 2,057 61 5,175 153 Southwark 4,784 137 12,038 345 Sutton 1,347 32 3,390 81 Tower Hamlets 3,976 91 10,005 229 Waltham Forest 4,288 121 10,790 304 Wandsworth 5,826 80 14,661 201 Westminster 11,242 252 28,288 634 Further social lettings will also be made available through vacancies in local authority and housing association properties; through the Housing Corporation's home ownership initiatives; through housing association developments funded by local authority housing association grant; and through the cash incentive scheme.
The number of households on local authority housing waiting lists in London on 1 April 1994 is given in section B of the "1994 HIP1 All Items Print", a copy of which is in the Library.