§ Ms BuckTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what were the total number of households(a) nationally and (b) for each London local authority in respect of which local authorities accepted a housing duty where the cause of
Total priority need acceptances Number of households where the main reason for the loss of the last settled home was the ending of an assured shorthold tenancy 1997 1998 1999 1997 1998 1999 England Barking and Dagenham 140 226 215 9 14 19 Barnet 856 986 1402 166 231 172 Bexley 173 405 246 69 133 56 Brent 1,300 2771 969 227 2182 162 Bromley 578 703 809 110 139 129 Camden 1,345 1,571 1,429 84 58 57 City of London 38 63 60 1 2 0 Croydon 2745 791 1,157 277 113 193 Ealing 979 1,036 989 211 218 75 Enfield 2551 781 752 285 105 155 Greenwich 1,191 1,406 1,302 133 189 199 Hackney 2532 2396 3184 248 232 317 Hammersmith and Fulham 584 590 758 39 55 65 Haringey 2882 963 1,388 23 3 6 Harrow 618 713 713 130 125 109 Havering 272 382 2328 34 38 241 Hillingdon 915 941 772 138 143 142 Hounslow 930 1,013 2567 118 221 299 Islington 960 2812 1,312 68 276 123 Kensington and Chelsea 598 2429 552 73 251 80 Kingston upon Thames 374 2310 278 49 260 22 Lambeth 2584 946 1,212 24 8 16 Lewisham 1382 1,038 1,241 139 172 108 Merton 216 185 251 22 12 15 Newham 4— 2921 1,687 4— 2145 189 Redbridge 287 314 438 69 69 110 Richmond upon Thames 544 621 503 77 97 62 Southwark 2660 1,071 21,209 251 73 295 Sutton 293 290 410 59 57 40 Tower Hamlets 2728 1,010 1,147 225 48 34 Waltham Forest 795 1,054 3261 91 242 380 Wandsworth 454 3129 1391 3 30 314 Westminster 1,144 2952 1,199 239 2266 196 Total 102,410 104,490 104,770 13,500 15,390 14,170 1 Data for two quarters only 2 Data for three quarters only 3 Data for one quarter only 4 No Returns Note:
England figures include estimates for non-responding authorities
Source:
DETR Quarterly P1E: Households dealt with under the homelessness provisions of 1985 and 1996 Housing Acts