HC Deb 14 February 2002 vol 380 cc546-7W
Ms Oona King

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many units of social housing were built in London in each year between 1979 and 2001; and how many bedrooms there were in these units. [36033]

Ms Keeble

The data we currently have available for housing completions by registered social landlords and Local authorities are as follows:

Number
1988–89 2,876
1989–90 3,638
1990–91 4,024
1991–92 3,720
1992–93 4,606
1993–94 5,743
1994–95 5,660
1995–96 5,052
1996–97 4,881
1997–98 4,381
1998–99 3,233
1999–2000 2,856

The completions for registered social landlords of particular bedroom numbers are as follows:

1 bedroom 2 bedrooms 3 bedrooms 4 or more bedrooms
1988–89 870 474 139 5
1989–90 821 743 295 103
1990–91 977 829 350 123
1991–92 1,156 1,378 490 116
1992–93 1,887 1,619 732 199
1993–94 1,581 2,495 1,253 268
1994–95 1,523 2,432 1,195 287
1995–96 1,300 2,324 1,103 280
1996–97 1,156 1,859 1,442 401
1997–98 1,068 1,636 1,202 422
1998–991 14.3 46.1 31.2 8.3
1999–20001 21 44 29.3 5.7
2000–011 19.8 50.3 24.2 5.8
1 Percentage

Note:

For more recent years we only have the proportions of number of rooms.

Information for the period 1979–88 is not readily available and there is no information currently available on the number of rooms per local authority completion.

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