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Figures on average local authority rents in 2001-02 are not held in a level of detail that is consistent with 2005-06 figures, so the real terms change from 2001-02 to 2005-06 cannot be calculated.

(ii) Average registered social landlord rents, in pounds per week, on two-, three- and four-bedroom dwellings in each London borough in 2005-06 are tabled as follows. The real terms change in average weekly rent on two-, three- and four-bedroom dwellings in each London borough from 2001-02 to 2005-06 is also tabled:

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Per week (£)
	RSL—average rent 2005-06			Change in rent since 2001-02
	Bedroom:
Local authority	Two	Three	Four	Two	Three	Four
Barking and Dagenham	76.07	82.86	91.09	0.55	0.12	-4.02
Barnet	81.44	93.82	101.63	3.39	2.03	1.10
Bexley	71.07	93.31	95.16	-1.50	-2.03	-1.62
Brent	79.67	92.04	105.81	5.59	6.23	2.73
Bromley	77.82	88.32	101.44	1.22	-0.55	-0.78
Camden	84.82	94.57	110.13	6.76	1.22	-0.45
City of London	75.74	87.24	n/a	8.18	8.29	n/a
Croydon	80.97	92.53	105.00	0.50	-2.02	-2.86
Ealing	83.31	97.87	107.73	7.99	7.78	3.40
Enfield	78.49	91.81	104.61	3.86	3.41	2.16
Greenwich	76.95	85.83	96.66	4.21	3.52	4.29
Hackney	73.12	82.83	98.79	5.87	5.62	2.71
Hammersmith and Fulham	78.85	88.59	98.08	7.29	6.89	3.97
Haringey	76.69	87.83	100.49	3.70	1.73	-1.94
Harrow	78.04	91.36	104.90	-0.51	0.45	-0.60
Havering	75.90	93.09	98.99	3.54	-0.85	-1.13
Hillingdon	84.69	94.00	100.47	5.69	2.20	2.56
Hounslow	81.06	89.04	98.68	4.23	1.96	-0.11
Islington	76.55	85.17	102.12	6.46	5.18	5.13
Kensington and Chelsea	77.41	86.86	100.18	8.41	7.83	5.39
Kingston upon Thames	85.95	94.86	109.83	5.91	2.98	14.13
Lambeth	70.73	81.87	95.19	2.48	2.47	2.42
Lewisham	74.07	85.10	99.07	6.23	4.52	5.11
Merton	79.53	89.49	97.10	3.07	1.21	2.87
Newham	79.67	88.24	98.36	3.45	2.17	1.25
Redbridge	80.68	93.25	103.85	0.83	-3.84	-4.18
Richmond upon Thames	79.21	82.62	92.73	4.39	3.83	2.76
Southwark	76.91	87.11	101.48	7.63	5.05	2.77
Sutton	79.38	91.99	99.63	1.95	0.54	1.24
Tower Hamlets	73.82	83.50	99.24	4.77	4.43	4.28
Waltham Forest	75.69	88.73	99.76	2.78	-1.40	-4.57
Wandsworth	83.56	95.25	104.41	7.05	6.01	3.75
Westminster	85.30	93.42	102.87	6.69	5.52	-0.17
n/a = data not available. Source: Housing Corporation’s Regulatory Statistical Return (RSR)

Ms Buck: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how many nominations have been offered to each London local authority through sub-regional housing partnerships since their introduction; [99920]

(2) what proportion of new housing units in each London local authority have been offered to other boroughs through the sub-regional housing partnerships since 2003-04; and what proportion that figure represents of all new units in that period. [99921]

Yvette Cooper: The Department for Communities and Local Government does not hold detailed information on the sub-regional nominations to London boroughs for new affordable housing funded with social housing grant through the Housing Corporation’s Affordable Housing Programme.

Ms Buck: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what proportion of new housing units in each London local authority were designated as housing for disabled people in each of the last three years. [99922]

Yvette Cooper: The information requested is not held centrally.

As part of Capital Moves, the proposed pan-London choice based lettings and mobility scheme, the Greater London Authority are developing a pan-London accessible housing register to better enable disabled people to find appropriate housing.

Ms Buck: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what the average equity purchase was by people buying shared ownership properties in (a) England, (b) each English region and (c) each London local authority in the last 12 months; [99928]

(2) what estimates she has made of the minimum household income required to enable a purchaser to buy a shared ownership property in (a) England, (b) each English region and (c) each London local authority. [99929]

Yvette Cooper: The Department does not set minimum income limits for purchasers of shared ownership properties as this will vary depending on individual circumstances, including other outgoings and whether purchasers have a deposit. HomeBuy agents, as appointed housing associations who handle the application process, will make an assessment based on the maximum share that individual purchasers can afford and sustain.

The average gross household income of purchasers buying a shared ownership property in England in 2005-06 was £26,000.

The average initial equity stake for shared ownership properties in England for the 2005-06 financial year is 49 per cent. Information for each region and for each London local authority is shown in the following tables.

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