§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many houses in multiple occupation have had their licences revoked in areas where local authority licensing schemes are in place, broken down by local authority, in the last year. [66677]
§ Mr. McNultyThe information requested is not held centrally, and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister which local authorities have compulsory registration schemes for houses in multiple occupation: and how long each of these schemes has been in place. [66678]
§ Mr. McNultyThe following local authorities in England have adopted compulsory registration schemes for houses in multiple occupation. The date in column three is the date on which the scheme began (if known).
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Government office region Authority Date South East Ashford Basingstoke and Deane Brighton and Hove 1 April 2002 Canterbury 1 September 1998 Cherwell Dacorum Dover 1 May 2001 East Hertfordshire Eastbourne 31 March 2000 Gravesham Guildford 1 June 1998 Hastings 3 September 2001 Newbury North Hertfordshire Oxford 1 September 1999 Portsmouth 1 September 1997 Rother Rushmoor Shepway 20 November 2000 Southampton 1 January 1999 Surrey Heath Test Valley 8 March 1995 Thanet 2 March 1998 West Berkshire West Oxfordshire Wokingham Worthing South West Bournemouth 1 July 1998 Bristol 1 March 1999 Cheltenham 3 March 1999 Isles of Scilly Mid Devon North Somerset 1 July 1999 Stroud Torbay West Devon Weymouth and Portland London Barking and Dagenham 1 June 2001 Bexley 30 April 2000 Brent 1 July 1999 Bromley 1 March 2001 Camden 3 March 1999 Croydon 1 March 1999 Ealing 1 April 1998 Greenwich 1 January 1991 Hackney 1 March 1999 Hammersmith and Fulham 21 July 2001 Haringey 1 May 2001 Harrow 10 January 2000 Hillingdon Hounslow 12 January 1998 Islington 1 October 1998 Kingston upon Thames Lambeth 1 August 1999 Lewisham 1 August 1991 Newham 1 March 1999 Southwark 1 July 1999 Sutton Tower Hamlets Westminster 5 April 1999 East Basildon 1 August 1999 Cambridge 31 May 1999 Colchester 1 September 1998 Fenland King's Lynn and West Norfolk Luton 1 April 1999 Mid Bedfordshire North Norfolk Peterborough 1 January 2000 St Albans 4 March 1999 Tendring Watford 1 July 1999 Waveney East Midlands Derby 1 July 1999 Kettering Mansfield 2 June 1999
Government office region Authority Date Melton Newark and Sherwood 1 November 1999 Nottingham 1 June 2001 Rushcliffe West Midlands Birmingham 13 December 1995 Bromsgrove Herefordshire 1 October 1999 North Warwickshire 30 May 2000 Redditch Wolverhampton 1 August 1995 Wyre Forest North West Allerdale Barrow In Furness Blackpool 1 April 1998 Bolton Bury Carlisle Chester Lancaster 1 October 1998 Preston Salford Sefton Warrington Wigan Wirral 1 August 1999 Yorkshire and Humberside Barnsley 10 July 1998 Calderdale Doncaster 1 April 2001 East Riding of Yorkshire Harrogate Hull 10 January 2000 Kirklees 26 January 1998 North East Lincolnshire 1 April 1998 North Lincolnshire Scarborough 10 April 1995 Sheffield 2 April 2000 York 1 March 1998 North East Blyth Valley Castle Morpeth Darlington 1 August 1999 Gateshead Middlesbrough Stockton on Tees Sunderland 1 April 2002