§ Mr. LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list those local authorities in England which (i) have completed an LSVT of housing stock and (ii) are currently undertaking an LSVT. [113598]
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MullinI refer the hon. Member to my answer of 22 Febtruary 2000,Official Report, columns 923–25W. Report, columns 923-25W.
§ Mr. LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the average turn around times between tenants of local authority housing stock for each authority in England. [113597]
§ Mr. MullinLocal authorities in England provide estimates of the average time taken to relet their housing stock on their annual Housing Investment Programme (HIP) Operational Information returns. Information reported for lettings during 1998–99 is given in the table. There are variations in the way local authorities maintain lettings records and compile these estimates, and comparisons between authorities should be treated with caution.
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Average time to relet local authority housing stock1, 1998–99 Days North East Alnwick 35 Berwick-upon-Tweed 9 Blyth Valley 25 Castle Morpeth 28 Chester-le-Street 55 Darlington 31 Derwentside 16 Durham 63 Easington 66 Gateshead 32 Hartlepool 31 Middlesbrough 68 Newcastle upon Tyne 34 North Tyneside 33 Redcar and Cleveland 31 Sedgefield 28 South Tyneside 19 Stockton-on-Tees 40 Sunderland 30 Teesdale 30 Tynedale 24 Wansbeck 33 Wear Valley 58 Yorkshire and the Humber Barnsley 35 Bradford 52 Calderdale 50 Craven 18 Doncaster 68 East Riding of Yorkshire 53 Hambleton2 0 Harrogate 13 Kingston upon Hull 43 Kirklees 31 Leeds 42 North East Lincolnshire 63 North Lincolnshire 77 Richmondshire 35 Rotherham 73 Ryedale2 0 Scarborough 23 Selby 14 Sheffield 42 Wakefield 11 York 25 East Midlands Amber Valley 22 Ashfield 37 Bassetlaw 82 678W
Average time to relet local authority housing stock1, 1998–99 Days Blaby 26 Bolsover 28 Boston 86 Broxtowe 32 Charnwood 48 Chesterfield 18 Corby 50 Daventry 54 Derby 33 Derbyshire Dales 16 East Lindsey2 0 East Northamptonshire 53 Erewash 41 Gedling 31 Harborough 55 High Peak 29 Hinckley and Bosworth 35 Kettering 34 Leicester 40 Lincoln 37 Mansfield 50 Melton 52 Newark and Sherwood 32 North East Derbyshire 39 North Kesteven 53 North West Leicestershire 52 Northampton 42 Nottingham City 25 Oadby and Wigston 12 Rushcliffe 26 Rutland 24 South Derbyshire 25 South Holland 24 South Kesteven 33 South Northamptonshire 31 Wellingborough 57 West Lindsey 49 East of England Babergh 25 Basildon 35 Bedford2 20 Braintree 14 Breckland2 0 Brentwood 35 Broadland2 0 Broxbourne 26 Cambridge 52 Castle Point 44 Chelmsford 33 Colchester 15 Dacorum 51 East Cambridgeshire2 0 East Hertfordshire 25 Epping Forest 51 Fenland 30 Forest Heath 32 Great Yarmouth 27 Harlow 49 Hertsmere2 0 Huntingdonshire 25 Ipswich 22 Kings Lynn and West Norfolk 23 Luton 38 Maldon2 0 Mid Bedfordshire 3— Mid Suffolk 34 North Hertfordshire 45 North Norfolk 23 Norwich 37 Peterborough 53 Rochford 31 South Bedfordshire 29 679W
Average time to relet local authority housing stock1, 1998–99 Days South Cambridgeshire 35 South Norfolk 19 Southend-on-Sea 67 St. Albans 27 St. Edmundsbury 30 Stevenage 33 Suffolk Coastal2 43 Tendring 30 Three Rivers 14 Thurrock 63 Uttlesford 22 Watford 49 Waveney 41 Welwyn Hatfield 50 Barking and Dagenham 51 Barnet 54 Bexley2 0 Brent 39 Bromley2 0 Camden 52 City of London 18 Croydon 33 Ealing 45 Enfield 77 Greenwich 55 Hackney 78 Hammersmith and Fulham 43 Haringey 64 Harrow 46 Havering 32 Hillingdon 30 Hounslow 46 Islington 162 Kensington and Chelsea 37 Kingston upon Thames 64 Lambeth 38 Lewisham 50 Merton 35 Newham 53 Redbride 57 Richmond upon Thames 110 Southwark 54 Sutton 56 Tower Hamlets 35 Waltham Forest 70 Wandsworth 46 Westminster 28 South East Adur 27 Arun 50 Ashford 25 Aylesbury Vale 52 Basingstoke and Deane2 0 Bracknell Forest 34 Brighton and Hove 53 Canterbury 27 Cherwell 26 Chichester 20 Chiltern2 0 Crawley 46 Dartford 28 Dover 54 East Hampshire2 0 Eastbourne 21 Eastleigh2 0 Elmbridge 45 Epsom and Ewell2 7 Fareham 20 Gosport 30 Gravesham 50 Guildford 51 680W
Average time to relet local authority housing stock1, 1998–99 Days Hart2 0 Hastings2 0 Havant2 0 Horsham 38 Isle of Wight2 21 Lewes 31 Maidstone 38 Mid Sussex2 0 Milton Keynes 40 Mole Valley 58 New Forest 22 Oxford 36 Portsmouth 4 Reading 28 Reigate and Banstead 58 Rother2 0 Runnymede 38 Rushmoor2 0 Sevenoaks2 0 Shepway 22 Slough 29 South Bucks2 0 South Oxfordshire2 0 Southampton 46 Spelthorne2 0 Surrey Heath2 0 Swale2 0 Tandridge 40 Test Valley 15 Thanet 30 The Medway Towns 42 Tonbridge and Malling2 0 Tunbridge Wells2 14 Vale of White Horse2 46 Waverley 33 Wealden 30 West Berkshire2 8 West Oxfordshire 35 Winchester 15 Windsor and Maidenhead2 2 Woking 28 Wokingham 25 Worthing2 18 Wycombe 20 South West Bath and North East Somerset2 0 Bournemouth 46 Bristol 22 Caradon 27 Carrick 19 Cheltenham 52 Christchurch2 0 Cotswold2 0 East Devon 33 East Dorset2 0 Exeter 22 Forest of Dean 30 Gloucester 20 Isles of Scilly 7 Kennet2 0 Kerrier2 0 Mendip 14 Mid Devon 27 North Cornwall 18 North Devon 17 North Dorset2 0 North Somerset 27 North Wiltshire2 0 Penwith2 0 Plymouth 4 Poole 38 Purbeck 25 681W
Average time to relat local authority housing stock1, 1998–99 Days Restormel 39 Salisbury 19 Sedgemoor 12 South Gloucestershire 33 South Hams2 0 South Somerset2 3 Stroud 26 Swindon 15 Taunton Deane 14 Teignbridge 29 Tewkesbury2 0 Torbay 26 Torridge 29 West Devon2 0 West Dorset2 0 West Somerset2 0 West Wiltshire 3— Weymouth and Portland 17 West Midlands Birmingham 47 Bridgnorth 40 Bromsgrove 34 Cannock Chase 28 Coventry 35 Dudley 115 East Staffordshire 46 Herefordshire 13 Lichfield2 0 Malvern Hills2 0 Newcastle-under-Lyme 47 North Shropshire 40 North Warwickshire 35 Nuneaton and Bedworth 71 Oswestry 45 Redditch 20 Rugby 10 Sandwell 69 Shrewsbury and Atcham 26 Solihull 35 South Shropshire2 0 South Staffordshire2 0 Stafford 39 Staffordshire Moorlands 41 Stoke-on-Trent 46 Stratford-upon-Avon2 0 Tamworth 25 Telford and Wrekin2 35 Walsall 42 Warwick 30 Wolverhampton 49 Worcester 25 Wychavon2 0 Wyre Forest 28 North West Allerdale2 44 Barrow-in-Furness 33 Blackburn with Darwen 56 Blackpool 37 Bolton 44 Burnley 83 Bury 58 Carlisle 74 Chester 35 Chorley 45 Congleton2 0 Copeland 16 Crewe and Nantwich 41 Eden2 0 Ellesmere Port and Neston 34 Fylde 30 Halton 83
Average time to relet local authority housing stock1, 1998–99 Days Hyndburn 37 Lancaster 26 Macclesfield 55 Manchester 24 Oldham 44 Pendle 35 Preston 36 Ribble Valley 21 Rochdale 40 Rossendale 50 Salford 54 South Lakeland 23 South Ribble2 0 Stockport 37 Tameside 30 Trafford 40 Vale Royal 35 Warrington 37 West Lancashire 35 Wigan 28 Wyre2 0 Knowsley 25 Liverpool 68 Sefton 44 St. Helens 38 Wirral 44 1 Excludes dwellings let after major works, mutual exchanges and tenancy successions. 2 Denotes authorities which had transferred all or most of their housing stock, under Large Scale Voluntar Transfer arrangement, by 31 March 1999 3 Not available Source:
DETR Housing Investment Programme returns 1999