Houses in Multiple Occupation (Hansard, 8 January 2004)

§ Ms Oona King
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list those local authorities in England who do not operate a discretionary notification or control registration scheme for houses in multiple occupation under Part XI of the Housing Act 1985. [146462]

§ Keith Hill
On the basis of the Housing Investment Programme 2003 returns, a total of 150 local authorities in England have yet not adopted Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) registration schemes. These local authorities are listed below:

Adur

Amber Valley

Bassetlaw

Bath and North East Somerset

Bedford Berwick-upon-Tweed

Blaby

Blyth Valley

Boston

Bradford

Braintree

Breckland

Brentwood

Broadland

Broxbourne

Carrick

Chesterfield

Chichester

Chiltern

Chorley

Christchurch

City of London

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Congleton

Corby

Cotswold

Craven

Crawley

Crewe and Nantwich

Dacorum

Dartford

Daventry

Derbyshire

Dales

Derwentside

Dudley

Durham

Easington

East Devon

East Hertfordshire

East Lindsey

East Staffordshire

Eastleigh

Eden

Ellesmere Port and Neston

Elmbridge

Epping Forest

Epsom and Ewell

Exeter

Fenland

Fylde

Gedling

Gloucester

Great Yarmouth

Halton

Hambleton

Harborough

Hart

High Peak

Hinckley and Bosworth

Horsham

Hyndburn

Ipswich

Isle of Wight

Islington

Kennet

Kerrier

Knowsley

Leicester

Lewes

Lewisham

Liverpool

Macclesfield

Maldon

Manchester

Merton

Mid Suffolk

Mid Sussex

North Cornwall

482W

North Dorset

North East Derbyshire

North Kesteven

North Tyneside

North West Leicestershire

Northampton

Norwich

Nuneaton and Bedworth

Oadby and Wigston

Oswestry

Plymouth

Poole

Reading

Reigate and Banstead

Restormel

Ribble Valley

Richmond upon Thames

Richmondshire

Rochford

Rotherham

Salisbury

Sandwell

Sedgefield

Sedgemoor

Sefton

Selby

Sevenoaks

Shrewsbury and Atcham

Slough

Solihull

South Cambridgeshire

South Kesteven

South Lakeland

South Northamptonshire

South Oxfordshire

South Shropshire

South Somerset

South Staffordshire

Spelthorne

St. Helens

Stevenage

Stockport

Stoke-on-Trent

Stratford-upon-Avon

Stroud

Suffolk Coastal

Swindon

Taunton Deane

Teignbridge

Telford and Wrekin

Three Rivers

Thurrock

Tonbridge and Mailing

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Tunbridge Wells

Tynedale

Vale of White Horse

Vale Royal

Walkefield

Wandsworth

Waverley

Wealden

Wellingborough

Welwyn

Hatfield

West Berkshire

West Dorset

West Lindsey

West Somerset

West Wiltshire

Wigan

Windsor and Maidenhead

Woking

Worcester

Worthing

Wychavon

Wyre

§ Ms Oona King
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what his most recent estimate is of the number of(a) households and (b) people in privately rented houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) dwellings in England, broken down by (i) traditional and bedsit HMOs, (ii) shared houses and flats, (iii) households with lodgers and (iv) HMO buildings converted into flats. [146463]

§ Keith Hill
The most recent estimates for private rented houses in multiple occupation are from the 1996 English House Condition Survey:

Private rented HMO in England 1996

Thousands

(i)
Traditional
and bedsit
HMOs
(ii)
Shared
house/flat
(iii)
Household
with lodger²
(iv)
Buildings
converted
into flats¹

(a) Number of
households
165 188 202 302

(b) Number of
people
267 547 253 472

¹Shared converted flats, households with lodgers in converted flats and bedsits in converted flats are included in the respective columns not in the converted flat total.

² The number of people refers to the number of lodgers and excludes the members of the landlord's household.

Source:
DETR (1999) "English House Condition Survey 1996 Houses in Multiple Occupation in the private rented sector".

§ Ms Oona King
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what his most recent estimate is of the number of private houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) accommodation units and dwellings in England, broken down by (i) traditional and bedsit HMOs, (ii) shared houses and flats, (iii) households with lodgers and (iv) HMO buildings converted into flats. [146464]

§ Keith Hill
The most recent estimates for private houses in multiple occupation are from the 1996 English House Condition Survey.
484W

Private rented HMO in England 1996

Thousands

(i)
Traditional
and bedsit
HMOs
(ii)
Shared
house/flat
(iii)
Household
with lodger
(iv)
Buildings
converted
into flats¹

Number of
accommodation
units
219 189 202 337

Number of
dwellings
56 189 202 337

¹ Shared converted flats, households with lodgers in converted flats and bedsits in converted flats are included in the respective columns not in the converted flat total. Source:

DETR (1999) "English House Condition Survey 1996 Houses in Multiple Occupation in the private rented sector".

Private rented HMO in England 1996
Thousands
	(i) Traditional and bedsit HMOs	(ii) Shared house/flat	(iii) Household with lodger²	(iv) Buildings converted into flats¹
(a) Number of households	165	188	202	302
(b) Number of people	267	547	253	472
¹Shared converted flats, households with lodgers in converted flats and bedsits in converted flats are included in the respective columns not in the converted flat total.
² The number of people refers to the number of lodgers and excludes the members of the landlord's household.