HC Deb 21 July 2004 vol 424 cc320-1W
Ms Oona King

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many and what proportion of the affordable housing to be built in(a) Camden, (b) the City of London, (c) Hackney, (d) Hammersmith and Fulham, (e) Haringey, (f) Islington, (g) Kensington and Chelsea, (h) Lambeth, (i) Lewisham, (j) Newham, (k) Southwark, (l) Wandsworth and (m) Westminster in (i) 2004–05 and (ii) 2005–06 will be (A) social housing for rent, (B) low cost home ownership stock, (C) low cost home ownership stock for key workers and (D) intermediate rented housing for key workers. [185255]

Keith Hill

Allocations for funding by the Housing Corporation through its Approved Development Programme for schemes due to start in 2004–05 and 2005–06 in the London boroughs specified are set out in the following table. The data include the numbers of units for social rent, low cost home ownership for key workers and others and intermediate rent for key workers.

Key Workers Low Cost Home Ownership Key workers intermediate rent
Units Percentage of total Units Percentage of total Total units
Camden 67 15.8 78 18.4 424
City of London 0 0 0 0 0
Hackney 398 32.2 93 7.5 1,236
Hammersmith and Fulham 175 26.1 34 5.1 670
Haringey 203 22.6 54 6.0 899
Islington 275 27.9 302 30.7 985
Kensington and Chelsea 43 16.9 41 16.1 254
Lambeth 169 16.6 20 2.0 1,017
Lewisham 45 9.4 6 1.2 481
Newham 241 21.2 168 14.7 1,139
Southwark 226 26.2 58 6.7 864
Wandsworth 107 32.2 52 15.7 332
Westminster 45 11.7 76 19.8 383
Total for London 3,872 20.3 1,820 9.5 19,079

Ms Oona King

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) how many units of affordable housing for(a) rent and (b) sale were built with funding generated by recycled capital grant in 2003–04, broken down by Government office region; [185256]

(2) what reports he has received of recycled capital grant being used for purposes other than investment in new affordable housing. [185259]

Keith Hill

Information is not currently available on the number of affordable housing units provided with recycled capital grant in 2003–04.

Provisional reports from the Housing Corporation indicate that for 2002–03, a total of 2,733 units were completed using recycled capital grant. Of this amount, 400 units were for social rent, 426 units were for shared ownership, while 1,907 units were re-improvements to existing stock.