HC Deb 24 March 1995 vol 257 cc361-2W
Mr. Dunn

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the 10 London boroughs with the highest number of empty units of accommodation, and the political control of each. [14437]

Mr. Robert B. Jones

The 10 London boroughs reporting the highest number of management vacants—dwellings available for letting immediately or after minor repairs—on 1 April 1994 in their 1994 housing investment progamme HIP1 returns, were.

Number of management vacants Present political control
Hackney 2,168 Labour
Lambeth 799 Noc
Tower Hamlets 744 Labour
Greenwich 667 Labour
Southwark 645 Labour
Islington 602 Labour
Lewisham 438 Labour
Croydon 396 Labour
Newham 389 Labour
Barking and Dagenham 364 Labour

Mr. Dunn

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the 10 London boroughs with the lowest record on collecting council rents, the cost and percentage owed and the political control of each authority. [14435]

Mr. Robert B. Jones

Information on local authority rent arrears is collected from authorities on their housing subsidy claim form returns. The 10 London boroughs with the highest cumulative rent arrears—including arrears for former tenants—as a proportion of rent roll on 31 March 1994, the latest date for which figures are available, are as follows:

Cumulative arrears as a percentage of 1993–94 rent roll Total cumulative rent arrears (£000s) Present political control
Hackney 36.8 34,684 Labour
Haringey 35.4 22,482 Labour
Lambeth 23.5 22,491 Noc
Ealing 22.5 14,239 Labour
Greenwich 22.3 16,300 Labour
Southwark 20.6 26,424 Labour
Newham 17.7 10,190 Labour
Brent 16.6 8,280 Noc
Camden 16.0 12,610 Labour
Islington 15.8 15,369 Labour

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