§ Mr. PicklesTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many vacant local authority dwellings there are in England, broken down by(a) local authority area and (b) region; and if he will make a statement. [104175]
§ Mr. McNultyInformation on the number of vacant local authority dwellings at 1 April 2002 in England, broken down by local authority area has been placed in the Library of the House.
Numbers of vacant local authority dwellings at 1 April 2002 in England, broken down by region are tabled as follows.
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Region Number of vacant LA dwellings at 1 April 2002 North East 8,400 North West 18,400 Yorkshire and Humberside 15,400
Region Number of vacant LA dwellings at 1 April 2002 East Midlands 6,200 West Midlands 10,800 East of England 3,500 London 10,000 South East 3,300 South West 2,200 England 78,100 Notes:
1. Figures rounded to nearest 100.
2. England total may not equal sum of regional components due to rounding.
3. Regional figures include estimates for numbers of vacant local authority dwellings owned outside a local authority's boundary.
Source:
ODPM's Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix completed by local authorities.
§ Mr. PicklesTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the housing stock is in each London borough in the(a) private rented, (b) council owned and (c) housing association sectors. [104180]
§ Mr. McNultyEstimates of the number of housing stock in each London borough in the(a) private rented, (b) council owned and (c) housing association sectors as at April 2001, are shown in the following table:
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Housing stock by rented sector by local authority in London at April 2001 Privately rented households1 LA dwelling stock2 RSL dwelling stock3 London4 520,900 532,200 271,100 Inner London4 271,900 329,700 149,900 Camden 25,400 27,000 8,200 City of London 1,300 2,100 200 Hackney 14,800 28,400 18,400 Hammersmith and Fulham 17,700 14,400 10,900 Haringey 22,000 19,800 8,900 Islington 15,300 31,400 10,600 Kensington and Chelsea 24,000 7,300 11,900 Lambeth 25,400 35,800 16,400 Lewisham 15,400 31,400 8,700 Newham 18,300 23,800 9,100 Southwark 15,900 49,000 11,800 Tower Hamlets 14,600 27,100 13,500 Wandsworth 28,900 18,600 9,200 Westminster 33,000 13,600 11,900 Outer London4 249,000 202,500 121,200 Barking and Dagenham 4,700 23,000 1,900 Barnet 23,500 12,100 5,300 Bexley 6,700 0 13,200 Brent 20,200 10,800 11,600 Bromley 12,200 0 17,400 Croydon 20,100 15,300 8,100 Ealing 21,400 14,900 8,000 Enfield 13,100 13,700 5,100 Greenwich 10,700 27,600 9,300 Harrow 10,800 5,900 2,300 Havering 6,100 12,000 1,600 Hillingdon 10,800 11,600 3,900 Hounslow 13,400 15,100 5,200 Kingston upon Thames 10,700 5,100 1,600 Merton 13,400 7,200 3,900 Redbridge 13,400 5,300 3,000 Richmond upon Thames 14,500 0 9,200 Sutton 7,900 9,000 3,000 Waltham Forest 15,500 13,800 7,500 1 Source: Census 2001 Key Statistics Table 18. Figures are number of households as at 29 April 2001. Dwelling figures from census not yet available but the difference is not expected to be significant.
2 Source: ODPM Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix 2001–02 return for stock at 1 April 2001.
3 Source: Housing Corporation's annual Regulatory and Statistical Return for stock as at 31 March 2001.
4 Figures may not add up due to rounding.
§ Mr. Edward DaveyTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the administrative costs were of the Housing Corporation for each Government Office of the regions in each year since 1999–2000. [102681]
§ Mr. McNultyIn meetings its headquarters and field office administration costs, the Housing Corporation incurred expenditure as follows:
£ million Year London South Central North HQ Total 1999–2000 3.825 3.303 2.997 3.627 16.195 29.947 2000–01 4.179 3.510 3.159 3.866 15.892 30.607 2001–02 4.372 3.913 3.379 4.150 18.287 34.100 2002–031 4.853 4.393 3.698 4.511 18.245 135.700 1 The 2002–03 costs are based on current estimates.