§ Sarah TeatherTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many previously non-Brent tenants moved into Brent Council properties in each year since 1997; and how many of these were families with children. [186297]
§ Keith HillInformation on the number of Local Authority dwellings let through mobility arrangements since 1997—98 in Brent is tabled.
Lettings under mobility arrangements include the Housing Organisation Mobility Exchange Service (HOMES) and other similar schemes. The majority of households transferring under these schemes will come from outside the local authority boundary, but may include Registered Social Landlord tenants moving to Local Authority dwellings within Brent. Information on the number of families with children cannot be distinguished in the data.
Both mutual exchanges. and lettings made directly from the housing waiting list may also include households from outside the Brent area, but these households and those that are families with children cannot be distinguished.
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LA dwellings let through mobility arrangements in Brent 1997–98 19 1998–99 16 1999–00 10 2000–01 20 2001–02 3 2002–03 11 Source: ODPM's Housing Investment Programme Return
§ Sarah TeatherTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many local authority-owned properties in Brent do not meet the Government's decent homes standard; and what the estimated cost is of bringing them up to this standard. [186298]
§ Keith HillIn their Business Plan Statistical Appendix Brent reported that 5,211 local authority-owned properties did not meet the Government's decent homes standard at April 2003. Based on an assessment of their costs presented at the time of their bid their Arms Length Management Organisations have been allocated £33.8 million to date to bring properties up to decent homes.