§ Ms BuckTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what percentage of households in each local authority in London was on the housing register in April 2000. [4624]
§ Ms KeebleThe latest available information is presented in the table:
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England 1997–98 to 1999–2000 Percentage (a) (b) (c) Tenure and Government office region At least 1.5 rooms per person At bedroom standard Above bedroom standard All at or above bedroom standard Below bedroom standard (i) Owner occupiers North East 88 17 82 99 1 North West 88 17 82 98 2 Yorkshire and the Humber 88 16 83 99 1 East Midlands 90 14 85 99 1 West Midlands 88 16 83 98 2 East 89 16 82 99 1 London 86 24 74 97 3
Estimated percentage of households on the housing register as at 1 April 2000: London Percentage Barking and Dagenham 3.1 Barnet 4.0 Bexley 4.0 Brent 12.2 Bromley 2.5 Camden 6.5 City of London 26.2 Croydon 4.4 Ealing 6.0 Enfield 5.5 Greenwich 6.1 Hackney 8.1 Hammersmith and Fulham 6.0 Haringey 9.6 Harrow 3.1 Havering 1.8 Hillingdon 3.5 Hounslow 5.8 Islington 14.3 Kensington and Chelsea 9.1 Kingston upon Thames 4.9 Lambeth 12.7 Lewisham 9.0 Merton 4.9 Newham 12.5 Redbridge 3.9 Richmond upon Thames 5.8 Southwark 5.2 Sutton 2.8 Tower Hamlets 8.8 Waltham Forest 8.0 Wandsworth 2.0 Westminster 7.2 Note:
Local authorities have different practices for compiling and managing housing register/waiting lists which mean that simple comparisons between authorities can be misleading.
Source:
DETR Housing Investment Programme returns (Housing Register data)
DETR 1999 mid-year household estimates