HC Deb 08 March 2004 vol 418 cc1372-4W
Simon Hughes

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many intermediate housing properties were constructed in each London borough in each of the last six years. [159180]

Keith Hill

The term intermediate housing is relatively new and there is no generally agreed definition. The Housing Investment Programme Housing Strategy Statistical returns by London local authorities show the following numbers of completions for new build housing for shared ownership.

Outturn Projected
1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 Total
Barking and Dagenham 54 38 90 87 78 106 453
Barnet 0 0 12 48 71 137 268
Bexley 7 0 11 5 43 5 71
Brent 65 97 42 0 58 100 362
Bromley 0 0 13 9 7 30 59
Camden 48 87 55 42 6 43 281
City of London 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Croydon 138 111 64 185 74 65 637
Ealing 66 13 2 41 74 116 312
Enfield 55 0 32 37 81 23 228
Greenwich 56 19 14 75 49 205 418
Hackney 0 0 147 195 254 356 950
Hammersmith and Fulham 63 26 62 25 26 111 313
Haringey 0 25 64 58 118 214 479
Harrow 3 16 0 7 24 0 50
Havering 0 0 19 10 0 20 49
Hillingdon 30 13 41 18 71 120 293
Hounslow 40 11 12 57 32 34 186
Islington 0 38 65 146 73 49 371
Kensington and Chelsea 74 61 25 0 17 48 225
Kingston 0 3 17 0 0 0 20
Lambeth 0 44 10 20 21 65 160
Lewisham 114 137 150 53 100 32 586
Merton 0 4 1 23 9 29 66
Newham 51 97 73 113 160 565 1,059
Redbridge 0 0 41 6 46 88 181
Richmond 36 10 24 12 25 32 139
Southwark 5 28 19 52 67 117 288
Sutton 280 1084 313 15 58 44 1,794
Tower Hamlets 114 196 161 31 237 140 879
Waltham Forest 0 0 61 40 3 11 115
Wandsworth 75 76 36 20 60 256 523
Westminster 36 33 116 77 70 29 361
Total 1,410 2,267 1,792 1,505 2,012 3,190 12,176

Mr. Drew

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many local authority dwellings in Stroud District fail the Decent Home standard; and what estimate he has made of how much it will cost to bring them up to that standard. [159384]

Keith Hill

The latest figures that the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has for Stroud date from 1 April 2003, when the local authority reported a total stock of 5,429 of which 1,357 (25 per cent.) were non-decent.

Stroud currently estimate the cost of making their stock decent at £3,070,000 in their 2003 HIP Business Plan statistical appendices. However, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister understands that the council is due to consider a report on financial and other implications next week, which means these figures may be subject to change.

Mr. Drew

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what discussions he has had with Stroud District Council following the unsuccessful ballot on large-scale voluntary transfer. [159385]

Keith Hill

A meeting between officials of the Government Office for the South West, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's Community Housing Task Force and Stroud District Council is due to take place on 8 March.

Mr. Drew

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much he estimates Stroud District Council spent on the large scale voluntary transfer ballot. [159386]

Keith Hill

Stroud District council spent £16,305 on the ballot.