§ Simon HughesTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many empty residential dwellings there were in each Greater London borough, in each year since 1997. [173296]
§ Keith HillThe available information on empty residential dwellings in Greater London boroughs is presented in the table. This data has been provided from a combination of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's Housing Investment Programme return and Housing Corporation's Regulatory Statistical Return.
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Total vacant dwellings at 1 April in London boroughs, 1997–2003 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 Harrow 1,196 1,180 1,218 1,231 1,325 1,081 983 Havering 2,777 505 2,702 – – – – Hillingdon 2,454 3,003 2,511 2,468 2,497 2,273 2,628 Hounslow 1,950 2,056 1,050 1,903 2,012 2,211 2,306 Islington 2,643 3,719 3,237 2,773 2,897 2,970 5,392 Kensington and Chelsea 6,025 6,040 6,067 1,715 1,655 – 8,387 Kingston upon Thames – – – 1,152 – – – Lambeth 3,851 4,262 2,572 4,639 4,646 4,656 5,213 Lewisham 4,072 3,643 4,025 3,251 3,259 – 5,246 Merton 2,597 2,332 2,114 2,310 1,793 1,625 1,733 Newham 3,276 3,140 5,102 4,663 5,717 5,183 3,424 Redbridge – 2,335 – – – – – Richmond upon Thames 1,953 1,947 1,757 1,629 1,600 1,714 2,420 Southwark 4,112 3,840 6,367 6,917 6,649 4,658 3,665 Sutton 2,542 2,489 2,238 1,243 2,342 2,205 1,826 Tower Hamlets 4,519 4,620 5,429 5,306 5,507 5,071 4,894 Waltham Forest 1,470 3,969 2,739 3,004 2,601 4,939 4,840 Wandsworth 2,293 2,229 2,079 2,314 2,511 1,991 2,783 Westminster 4,378 3,176 2,957 3,063 3,407 3,295 3,128 London 100,648 101,017 105,181 105,016 112,665 111,952 121,298 Note: Missing data is denoted by a "–". London total includes imputation for these missing values. Sources: ODPM's annual Housing Investment Programme (HIP) returns and the Housing Corporation's annual HAR 10 and Regulatory and Statistical Return (RSR)