§ Mr. AustinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what estimate he has made of the changes in the supply of housing available to London councils in the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [139968]
§ Mr. MullinThe figures for completion of permanent dwellings in London are set out in the following table:
Financial year Private enterprise Registered social landlords Local authorities All dwellings 1995–96 11,239 5,007 45 16,291 1996–97 7,696 4,858 23 12,577 1997–98 9,242 4,329 52 13,623 1998–99 9,631 3,198 35 12,864 1999–2000 9,336 2,856 — 12,192
§ Mr. AustinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what estimate he has made of(a) the number of new households in London for each of the years from 1998 to 2001 and (b) the number of new households in these years unable to (i) rent and (ii) buy housing in London. [139967]
§ Mr. MullinThe latest available mid-year estimates show that there were an additional 34,000 households in London in the year to July 1998. Mid-year household figures for 1999 and subsequent years are not yet available.
DETR's Projections of Households in England to 2021, published in October 1999, indicate that the capital's households will increase by approximately 126,000 over the period 1996–2001, giving a total of 3,128,000 projected households in 2001.
Estimates of the number of new households in these years unable to rent or buy are not available.
§ Mr. AustinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what assessment he has made of the impact of changes in the supply of low cost homes on the housing situation in London. [139969]
§ Mr. MullinI have made no such assessment.