HC Deb 11 July 2002 vol 388 cc1156-62W
Mr. Wiggin

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many homes have been newly built in each of the last five years, broken down by region. [68539]

Mr. McNulty

The numbers of homes newly built in each of the last five years, broken down by region, are shown in the table.

Mr. McNulty

Latest available information as reported by local authorities in England on their annual Housing Investment Programme returns, is presented in the table. Figures relate to stock within each local authority's geographical administrative area.

Dwelling stock owned by local authorities and registered social landlords in England: 2001
Local/unitary authority Region LA1 RSL2
Adur SE 2,965 687
Allerdale NW 4 9,110
Alnwick NE 2,139 617
Amber Valley EM 6,076 1,333
Arun SE 3,715 1,983
Ashfield EM 8,395 1,157
Ashford SE 5,979 1,122
Aylesbury Vale SE 8,198 977
Babergh E 3,870 968
Barking and Dagenham L 22,902 1,936
Barnet L 12,029 5,332
Barnsley YH 24,701 1,815
Barrow-in-Furness NW 3,462 608
Basildon E 12,507 4,653
Basingstoke and Deane SE 0 11,004
Bassetlaw EM 8,360 771
Bath and North East Somerset SM 0 11,283
Bedford E 0 10,117
Berwick-upon-Tweed NW 2,351 229
Bexley L 0 13,249
Birmingham WM 85,516 33,618
Blaby EM 2,431 577
Blackburn with Darwen NW 252 3,050
Blackpool NW 6,172 1,278
Blyth Valley NE 7,846 1,873

Dwelling stock owned by local authorities and registered social landlords in England: 2001
Local/unitary authority Region LA1 RSL2
Bolsover EM 6,241 850
Bolton NW 21,749 6,170
Boston Em 3 5,143
Bournemouth SW 5,421 2,366
Bracknell Forest SE 6,257 1,610
Bradford YH 26,197 9,259
Braintree E 9,127 1,304
Breckland E 2 8,095
Brent L 10,801 11,563
Brentwood E 3,050 534
Bridgnorth WM 2,610 430
Brighton and Hove SE 13,179 4,674
Bristol SW 32,242 8,109
Broadland E 0 4,262
Bromley L 0 17,377
Bromsgrove WM 3,417 503
Broxbourne E 3,675 869
Broxtowe EM 5,124 922
Burnley NW 0 6,653
Bury NW 9,327 3,992
Calderdale YH 0 15,583
Cambridge E 8,237 3,035
Camden L 26,797 8,153
Cannock Chase WM 6,675 1,158
Canterbury SE 5,592 1,498
Caradon SW 3,827 570
Carlisle NW 8,010 2,673
Carrick SW 4,012 894
Castle Morpeth NE 2,874 334
Castle point E 1,686 383
Charnwood EM 6,476 1,741
Chelmsford E 7,054 1,882
Cheltenham SW 5,349 1,550
Cherwell SE 4,072 2,527
Chester NW 0 8,000
Chesterfield EM 11,246 1,260
Chester-le-Street NE 5,529 353
Chichester SE 249 6,859
Chiltern SE 0 4,585
Chorley NW 3,393 2,931
Christchurch SW 0 2,280
City of London L 475 231
Colchester E 6,976 2,546
Congleton NW 0 4,181
Corby EM 6,577 655
Cotswold SW 0 5,044
Coventry WM 0 25,450
Craven TH 1,647 593
Crawley SE 9,027 1,372
Crewe and Nantwich NW 6,317 981
Croydon L 15,233 8,106
Dacorum E 11,417 1,942
Darlington NE 6,500 1,708
Dartford SE 4,780 935
Daventry EM 3,469 1,090
Derby EM 15,528 6,479
Derbyshire Dales EM 3,287 346
Derwentside NE 9,075 1,037
Doncaster YH 26,845 2,154
Dover SE 5,182 1,841
Dudley WM 27,279 3,283
Durham NE 7,550 1,333
Ealing L 14,660 8,018
Easington NE 12,297 1,701
East Cambridgeshire E 0 4,394
East Devon SW 4,506 1,193
East Dorset SW 0 2,900
East Hampshire SE 0 4,863
East Hertfordshire E 6,029 1,212
East Lindsey EM 0 6,116
East Northamptonshire EM 0 4,836

Dwelling stock owned by local authorities and registered social landlords in England: 2001
Local/unitary authority Region LA1 RSL2
East Riding of Yorkshire YH 12,474 1,896
East Staffordshire WM 0 6,659
Eastbourne SE 4,166 2,015
Eastleigh SE 0 5,697
Eden NW 0 768
Ellesmere Port and Neston NW 6,906 646
Elmbridge SE 0 5,354
Enfield L 13,183 5,074
Epping Forest E 7,088 1,134
Epsom and Ewell SE 0 2,145
Erewash EM 6,066 827
Exeter SW 5,598 2,827
Fareham SE 2,646 764
Fenland E 4,180 804
Forest Heath E 2,933 546
Forest of Dean SW 3,874 841
Fylde NW 0 2,299
Gateshead NE 26,165 4,222
Gedling EM 3,839 1,346
Gloucester SW 5,038 1,544
Gosport SE 3,939 1,855
Gravesham SE 6,579 667
Great Yarmouth E 6,846 1,024
Greenwich L 27,595 9,308
Guildford SE 5,858 1,367
Hackney L 28,364 18,449
Halton NW 7,379 8,374
Hambleton YH 0 4,549
Hammersmith and Fulham L 14,421 10,941
Harborough EM 2,413 459
Haringey L 18,908 8,892
Harlow E 11,014 1,075
Harrogate YH 4,316 1,681
Harrow L 5,929 2,257
Hart SE 1 2,591
Hartlepool NE 8,338 2,751
Hastings SE 7 6,006
Havant SE 0 4,550
Havering L 12,004 1,613
Herefordshire WM 5,974 4,959
Hertsmere E 0 6,401
High Peak EM 4,641 861
Hillingdon L 11,574 3,944
Hinckley and Bosworth EM 3,602 1,065
Horsham SE 41 6,077
Hounslow L 15,069 5,188
Huntingdonshire E 0 8,627
Hyndburn NW 3,774 1,376
Ipswich E 9,117 2,982
Isle of Wight SE 0 6,112
Isle of Scilly SW 130 32
Islington L 31,401 10,635
Kennet SW 0 5,810
Kensington and Chelsea L 7,167 11,910
Kerrier SW 0 4,797
Kettering EM 4,342 926
Kings Lynn and West Norfolk E 7,846 1,639
Kingston upon Hull YH 35,153 6,280
Kingston upon Thames L 5,138 1,629
Kirklees YH 28,269 4,420
Knowsley NW 18,283 4,535
Lambeth L 35,687 16,424
Lancaster NW 4,285 1,906
Leeds YH 69,925 13,740
Leicester EM 25,837 8,801
Lewes SE 3,533 1,124
Lewisham L 31,378 8,686
Lichfield WM 0 5,381
Lincoln EM 8,803 1,005
Liverpool NW 35,859 32,259
Luton E 9,310 2,784
Macclesfield NW 5,925 1,916

Dwelling stock owned by local authorities and registered social landlords in England: 2001
Local/unitary authority Region LA1 RSL2
Maidstone SE 6,731 1,042
Maldon E 0 2,864
Malvern Hills WM 0 4,280
Manchester NW 53,054 25,059
Mansfield EM 8,228 1,952
Melton EM 2,040 359
Mendip SW 0 5,589
Merton L 7,046 3,875
Mid Bedfordshire E 3,184 4,155
Mid Devon SW 3,452 748
Mid Suffolk E 3,762 721
Mid Sussex SE 0 5,502
Middlesbrough NE 13,904 4,412
Milton Keynes SE 13,396 5,626
Mole Valley SE 3,726 646
New Forest SE 5,293 2,184
Newark and Sherwood EM 6,125 1,642
Newcastle upon Tyne NE 35,280 6,709
Newcastle-under-Lyme WM 0 10,811
Newham L 23,143 9,134
North Cornwall SW 3,632 975
North Devon SW 0 4,207
North Dorset SW 0 3,546
North East Derbyshire EM 9,344 477
North East Lincolnshire YH 9,264 1,854
North Hertfordshire E 8,656 1,767
North Kesteven EM 4,208 516
North Lincolnshire YH 11,123 1,087
North Norfolk E 5,146 1,007
North Shropshire WM 2,622 547
North Somerset SW 6,675 1,579
North Tyneside NE 20,151 4,653
North Warwickshire WM 3,406 686
North West Leicestershire EM 5,084 1,274
North Wiltshire SW 0 6,607
Northampton EM 14,205 2,146
Norwich E 18,206 2,972
Nottingham City EM 34,792 8,778
Nuneaton and Bedworth WM 7,128 1,230
Oadby and Wigston EM 1,391 386
Oldham NW 18,818 5,007
Oswestry WM 2,166 411
Oxford SE 8,211 2,931
Pendle NW 4,024 1,178
Penwith SW 0 4,026
Peterborough E 11,300 4,008
Plymouth SW 17,506 5,972
Poole SW 4,860 1,886
Portsmouth SE 11,285 3,854
Preston NW 7,678 5,258
Purbeck SW 1,660 665
Reading SE 7,609 2,922
Redbridge L 5,344 3,014
Redcar and Cleveland NE 12,109 2,087
Redditch WM 7,132 1,131
Reigate and Banstead SE 4,859 1,271
Restormel SW 0 4,167
Ribble Valley NW 1,343 454
Richmond upon Thames L 0 9,249
Richmondshire YH 1,925 248
Rochdale NW 16,831 5,268
Rochford E 1,906 871
Rossendale NW 4,650 856
Rother SE 0 3,943
Rotherham YH 27,489 3,188
Rugby WM 4,342 1,548
Runnymede SE 3,268 637
Rushcliffe EM 3,622 551
Rushmoor SE 0 5,372
Rutland EM 1,340 234
Ryedale YH 2 2,752
Salford NW 30,119 6,070

Dwelling stock owned by local authorities and registered social landlords in England: 2001
Local/unitary authority Region LA1 RSL2
Salisbury SW 5,703 1,497
Sandwell WM 37,623 4,854
Scarborough YH 5,221 1,590
Sedgefield NE 10,597 1,339
Sedgemoor SW 4,558 1,634
Sefton NW 13,546 6,866
Selby YH 3,673 861
Sevenoaks SE 0 6,310
Sheffield YH 63,173 8,398
Shepway SE 3,793 1,422
Shrewsbury and Atcham WM 5,593 745
Slough SE 7,758 2,314
Solihull WM 12,153 1,574
South Bedfordshire E 5,710 1,307
South Buckinghamshire SE 15 3,264
South Cambridgeshire E 6,067 1,083
South Derbyshire EM 3,712 496
South Gloucestershire SW 8,473 2,252
South Hams SW 16 3,934
South Holland EM 4,242 442
South Kesteven EM 7,182 793
South Lakeland NW 3,706 858
South Norfolk E 4,556 1,105
South Northamptonshire EM 3,076 469
South Oxfordshire SE 0 6,010
South Ribble NW 0 5,029
South Shropshire WM 16 2,124
South Somerset SW 0 9,694
South Staffordshire WM 0 6,173
South Tyneside NE 22,731 4,000
Southampton SE 18,486 4,588
Southend-on-Sea E 6,579 2,592
Southwark L 48,999 11,797
Spelthorne SE 0 4,862
St. Albans E 5,664 1,299
St. Edmundsbury E 6,278 1,182
St. Helens NW 15,087 3,849
Stafford WM 6,361 1,268
Staffordshire Moorlands WM 0 3,727
Stevenage E 9,533 1,222
Stockport NW 13,305 4,425
Stockton-on-Tees NE 14,049 3,080
Stoke-on-Trent WM 22,329 5,908
Stratford-on-Avon WM 0 6,377
Stroud SW 5,579 972
Suffolk Coastal E 32 5,986
Sunderland NE 0 39,663
Surrey Heath SE 0 3,000
Sutton L 8,934 3,023
Swale SE 0 7,577
Swindon SW 11,488 2,916
Tameside NW 0 20,574
Tamworth WM 5,522 1,213
Tandridge SE 2,885 487
Taunton Deane SW 6,672 1,293
Teesdale NE 1,026 546
Teignbridge SW 3,771 944
Telford and Wrekin WM 0 14,886
Tendring E 3,547 1,943
Test Valley SE 25 6,239
Tewkesbury SW 0 3,919
Thanet SE 3,539 4,028
The Medway Towns SE 3,364 3,270
Three Rivers E 4,180 875
Thurrock E 11,046 1,191
Tonbridge and Malling SE 0 6,988
Torbay SW 0 4,498
Torridge SW 1,810 555
Tower Hamlets L 27,045 13,527
Trafford NW 10,699 6,328
Tunbridge Wells SE 43 6,888
Tynedale NE 0 3,808

Dwelling stock owned by local authorities and registered social

landlords in England: 2001

Local/unitary authority Region LA1 RSL2
Uttlesford E 3,066 703
Vale of White Horse SE 11 5,627
Vale Royal NW 7,165 1,160
Wakefield YH 36,559 3,199
Walsall WM 26,952 5,548
Waltham Forest L 13,439 7,450
Wandsworth L 18,496 9,186
Wansbeck NE 6,883 532
Warrington NW 10,738 4,667
Warwick WM 6,111 2,166
Watford E 4,593 846
Waveney E 5,284 2,194
Waverley SE 5,333 1,050
Wealden SE 3,405 1,269
Wear Valley NE 5,847 1,335
Wellingborough EM 5,259 808
Welwyn Hatfield E 9,953 1,760
West Berkshire SE 58 8,143
West Devon SW 0 1,802
West Dorset SW 0 5,932
West Lancashire NW 8,067 732
West Lindsey EM 0 4,320
West Oxfordshire SE 0 4,717
West Somerset SW 0 2,220
West Wiltshire SW 22 6,205
Westminster L 13,578 11,923
Weymouth and Portland SW 0 3,771
Wigan NW 26,590 2,763
Winchester SE 5,597 1,612
Windsor and Maidenhead SE 0 7,265
Wirral NW 16,237 8,150
Woking SE 3,659 1,070
Wokingham SE 2,941 1,113
Wolverhampton WM 29,427 4,970
Worcester WM 5,059 1,438
Worthing SE 11 4,139

A. Local education authorities unaffected by local government reorganisation ranked in order by the increase in the average class size1 in maintained primary and secondary schools in England
As at January each year
Maintained Primary Maintained Secondary
1997 20022 Difference between 1997 and 2002 1997 20022 Difference between 1997 and 2002
Lambeth 25.2 26.3 1.1 North Somerset 20.4 22.3 1.9
Barnet 26.2 27.0 0.8 Kingston upon Thames 20.2 21.8 1.6
Haringey 26.9 27.7 0.8 Sutton 20.7 22.1 1.4
Kensington and Chelsea 25.3 26.1 0.8 Bristol, City of 21.1 22.4 1.3
Lewisham 26.1 26.8 0.8 Wakefield 22.2 23.4 1.2
Dudley 26.5 27.1 0.6 Lincolnshire 20.2 21.4 1.2
Brent 26.5 27.1 0.6 Hackney 22.3 23.4 1.2
Sheffield 26.9 27.3 0.4 East Riding of Yorkshire 21.0 22.2 1.2
Hackney 26.1 26.5 0.4 Lewisham 20.7 21.9 1.1
Tower Hamlets 26.2 26.4 0.2 Croydon 22.2 23.3 1.1
Westminster 24.2 24.3 0.2 Wandsworth 22.0 23.0 1.1
Surrey 26.2 26.4 0.1 Barking and Dagenham 20.8 21.9 1.1
Newham 27.9 28.0 0.1 Solihull 21.9 22.9 1.0
Hounslow 26.8 26.9 0.1 Kensington and Chelsea 20.2 21.2 1.0
Islington 26.6 26.6 0.1 Brent 20.5 21.5 1.0
Hammersmith and Fulham 25.3 25.3 0.0 Bromley 20.4 21.3 1.0
Wandsworth 25.8 25.7 -0.1 Barnet 19.8 20.7 0.9
Hertfordshire 27.1 26.9 -0.1 Harrow 22.9 23.7 0.9
Redbridge 28.4 28.3 -0.2 Northamptonshire 21.0 21.8 0.9
Waltham Forest 26.6 26.4 -0.2 Enfield 20.7 21.5 0.8
Camden 27.1 26.9 -0,2 Bexley 21.8 22.6 0.7
North Somerset 27.8 27.5 -0.3 Haringey 21.6 22.3 0.7
Greenwich 26.0 25.7 -0.3 Hertfordshire 20.3 20.9 0.6
Hillingdon 27.2 26.8 -0.3 Wigan 21.5 22.1 0.6
Southwark 26.4 26.1 -0.4 Gateshead 20.4 21.0 0.6
Wolverhampton 26.9 26.5 -0.4 Barnsley 23.2 23.7 0.5

Dwelling stock owned by local authorities and registered social landlords in England: 2001
Local/unitary authority Region LA1 RSL2
Wychavon WM 0 7,186
Wycombe SE 6,946 1,826
Wyre NW 0 3,496
Wyre Forest WM 0 6,717
York YH 8,775 3,389
1 At 1 April 2001
2 At 31 March 2001

Note:

Local authority stock is that owned by the authority and within its geographical boundary

Source:

LA stock: ODPM Housing Investment Programme annual returns RSL stock: Housing Corporation annual Regulatory and Statistical returns