HC Deb 10 June 2002 vol 386 cc1017-9W
Mr. Hancock

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what subsidies have been provided in the financial year 2001–02 to public sector key workers for housing; and if he will make a statement. [58653]

Mr. McNulty

I have been asked to reply.

£250 million is being provided for the Starter Home Initiative (SHI) over the three years 2001–02 to 2003–04 to help key workers to buy homes in areas where they

Table 1: Total number of LA and RSL empty homes in London by borough in each of the last 10 years
Local authority 1 April: 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 19931 1992
Barking and Dagenham 581 784 704 852 713 629 439 378 285 292
Barnet 274 248 227 259 209 255 216 215 283 185
Bexley 163 168 163 243 186 162 196 192 192 101
Brent 526 728 1,059 1,081 1,150 912 636 599 837 1,027
Bromley 448 471 499 515 416 351 334 431 382 257
Camden 582 531 680 672 686 711 731 734 795 818

people applied to the Fire Service in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) age, (b) gender and (c) ethnic origin. [58902]

Mr. Leslie

I have been asked to reply.

The number of applicants to fire services are set out in the tables, broken down by ethnicity and gender. Information on the age of applicants is not held centrally.

would otherwise be priced out of the housing market. This includes SHI expenditure of £2.173 million to help key workers in 2001–02.

Mr. Andrew Turner

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what assessment he has made of where the cost of providing affordable housing in sites suitable for market-price housing is borne. [59175]

Mr. McNulty

I have been asked to reply.

The provision of affordable housing on a site can affect both developer profit and land value. The research "Delivering Affordable Housing through Planning Policy", published by the Department in February 2002, advised that the effect will vary depending on the type of affordable housing sought and the level of payment it generates to the developer.

Linda Perham

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many affordable empty homes there were in each London borough in each of the last 10 years. [59999]

Mr. McNulty

I have been asked to reply.

The number of local authority (LA) and registered social landlord (RSL) empty homes in London by borough in each of the last 10 years are set out in table 1:

Table 1: Total number of LA and RSL empty homes in London by borough in each of the last 10 years
Local authority 1 April: 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 19931 1992
City of London 6 5 2 8 10 5 5 0 0 1
Croydon 334 368 371 385 449 620 430 673 563 543
Ealing 455 370 395 450 412 348 292 373 446 509
Enfield 508 422 338 333 283 296 385 374 377 339
Greenwich 800 887 821 956 1,047 939 990 1,179 1,227 755
Hackney 2,265 2,538 2,769 2,133 3,287 3,606 4,300 4,828 4,524 3,152
Hammersmith and Fulham 618 585 551 696 747 594 671 705 654 772
Haringey 405 456 691 544 665 748 760 619 962 645
Harrow 112 92 139 124 123 161 133 140 180 143
Havering 348 241 259 263 269 217 235 220 256 233
Hillingdon 174 219 178 204 219 160 224 174 303 281
Hounslow 350 340 259 232 358 383 482 557 595 371
Islington 840 1,104 1,432 1,505 1,729 2,752 1.819 1,432 1,211 1,008
Kensington and Chelsea 327 409 355 467 632 535 613 550 490 552
Kingston upon Thames 113 102 93 108 179 146 122 103 111 114
Lambeth 1,494 1,680 1,758 1,743 2,300 2,527 2,725 2,390 2,139 1,996
Lewisham 1,190 1,051 959 1,097 1,218 1,674 1,435 1,542 1,204 939
Merton 139 203 169 139 195 456 199 255 261 125
Newham 514 516 680 951 958 1,069 1,148 1,174 1,110 1,183
Redbridge 231 421 367 324 264 349 585 500 521 388
Richmond upon Thames 146 204 221 221 240 172 267 127 181 170
Southwark 2,154 1,791 1,700 1,623 1,923 2,415 1,531 1,771 1,981 2,077
Sutton 133 270 209 158 193 192 104 123 132 130
Tower Hamlets 1,063 1,302 1,470 1,503 1,811 1,723 1,773 1,706 2,123 1,934
Waltham Forest 313 389 646 791 659 642 609 538 741 551
Wandsworth 541 582 647 640 640 720 883 951 837 739
Westminster 579 650 762 824 859 764 903 883 1,106 800
London total 18,726 20,127 21,573 22,044 25,029 27,233 26,175 26,436 27,009 23,130
1 Figures for 1993 are unusually high due to many dwellings bought by RSLs towards the end of the financial year (1992–93) under the Housing Market Package.

Sources:

DTLR's annual Housing Investment Programme (HIP) returns and the Housing Corporation's annual HAR 10 and Regulatory and Statistical Return (RSR)

Brian Cotter

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much of the Budget allocated for housing in 2003–04 will be allocated to(a) the south-west region and (b) North Somerset county council. [60492]

Mr. McNulty

Allocations of housing resources for 2003–04 have not yet been decided. They will depend on a combination of measures of relative housing need, strategic regional housing priorities and authorities' performance on housing.