§ Mrs. Bridget PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the average household rent236W in (a) privately rented, (b) council and (c) housing association dwellings in each London borough. [10889]
§ Mr. ClappisonThe average weekly local authority and housing association rents in London boroughs in March 1994, the latest date for which figures for individual London boroughs are available for both local authorities and housing associations, were as follows:
£ per week Local authority Housing association Barking and Dagenham 32.27 53.47 Barnet 48.66 42.34 Bexley 43.13 44.60 Brent 50.18 45.36 Bromley 40.47 47.50 Camden 48.35 46.48 City of London 46.57 n/a Croydon 50.94 53.50 Ealing 63.90 43.86 Enfield 46.75 47.93 Greenwich 41.70 44.08 Hackney 46.42 40.87 Hammersmith and Fulham 46.70 38.76 Haringey 52.49 39.08 Harrow 56.88 43.73 Havering 36.91 42.67 Hillingdon 59.48 44.57 Hounslow 37.59 43.00 Islington 47.07 42.39 Kensington and Chelsea 56.40 37.49 Kingston upon Thames 60.27 46.23 Lambeth 40.71 37.39 Lewisham 41.35 38.71 Merton 49.21 47.80 Newham 37.00 43.45 Redbridge 61.32 45.56 Richmond upon Thames 48.24 47.56 Southwark 44.36 39.92 Sutton 42.28 39.65 Tower Hamlets 35.78 40.13 Waltham Forest 39.89 43.28 Wandsworth 55.64 44.69 Westminster 59.65 42.18 London 45.65 42.74 The average rent figures are not directly comparable as they take no account of differences in the composition of stock, eg. size and type of dwellings, their age and condition.
Source:
Local authorities—housing subsidy claim forms.
Housing associations—HAR 10/I (not grossed for missing data).
Figure for average private sector rents are available only from sample surveys which are not large enough to produce reliable figures for individual local authorities. The average weekly private sector rent in London in 1993–94, from the survey of English housing was £89; this figure, which covers all types of tenancy, is subject to sampling variability.
§ Mrs. PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is(a) the average mortgage level and (b) the number of households with mortgages in each London borough. [10887]
§ Mr. ClappisonEstimates from the survey of English housing indicate that in London as a whole the average mortgage payment was £330 a month in 1994–95 and that 237W just over 1 million households were buying with a mortgage. These estimates are subject to sampling variability. Estimates are not available for individual boroughs.