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(ii) Information on the number of persons on the housing waiting list, broken down by age, is not collected centrally.

However, the number of households on the waiting list for social housing in each London borough in each year since 1997, as at 1 April each year, is published on the Communities and Local Government website in table 600. Note that the figures include all households
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on the waiting list, and not only those that are homeless. The link for this table is given as follows:

Hometrack

Mrs. Lait: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar (Mr. Pickles) of 26 June 2007, Official Report, column 633W, on Hometrack, if she will place in the Library the written consultation representations from Hometrack. [152685]

Yvette Cooper: Representations from Hometrack were received in relation to improving the efficiency of the mortgage lending process and in connection with their application to become “early adopters” of home information packs. None of these exchanges were part of a public consultation exercise.

Housing Benefit: Sandwell

Mr. Spellar: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the average level of housing benefit was for (a) local authority tenants, (b) registered social landlord tenants and (c) private sector tenants in Sandwell Metropolitan borough council in each of the last five years. [161272]

Mr. Plaskitt: I have been asked to reply.

The information is in the following table.

Average amount of housing benefit paid to tenants in Sandwell Metropolitan borough council area by tenure
£ per week
February
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Local Authority Tenants

47.30

48.59

50.16

51.45

53.02

Registered Social Landlord Tenants

65.70

60.89

62.56

65.22

61.44

Private Tenants(1)

72.69

68.09

72.19

77.60

73.05

All tenants

51.90

52.04

54.17

56.27

56.70

(1) Private tenants includes regulated tenants, deregulated tenants and other private tenants. It excludes registered social landlord tenants.
Notes:
1. The data refer to benefit units, which may be a single person or a couple.
2. The average amounts have been rounded to the nearest penny.
3. Housing benefit figures exclude any extended payment cases.
Source:
Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Management Information System Quarterly 100 per cent. caseload stock-count taken in the quarters shown.

Housing Low Incomes

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many homes were built by registered social landlords in each London constituency in each year since 2003; and if she will make a statement. [161536]


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Mr. Iain Wright: The table shows new build completions through Housing Corporation Affordable Housing Programme, Transitional Local Authority Social Housing Grant and Thames Gateway investment via registered social landlords (RSLs) for each London borough between 2003-04 and 2006-07.

These figures include new build completions for affordable housing, social rent and low cost home ownership. Figures do not include homes provided through Section 106 without grant or through direct investment by RSLs, and therefore may be understating the number of new homes provided by RSLs.

New build homes provided by RSLs through housing corporation investment
Local authority 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07

City of London

0

81

230

128

Barking and Dagenham

182

194

240

265

Barnet

88

170

289

32

Bexley

31

55

58

101

Brent

296

256

173

504

Bromley

70

93

232

153

Camden

22

138

147

112

Croydon

57

123

216

385

Ealing

180

315

247

434

Enfield

223

244

244

301

Greenwich

432

347

200

467

Hackney

345

230

182

443

Hammersmith and Fulham

381

213

78

461

Haringey

271

195

427

235

Harrow

67

47

41

110

Havering

43

96

69

129

Hillingdon

129

124

98

102

Hounslow

236

113

261

431

Islington

251

173

522

762

Kensington and Chelsea

169

8

44

81

Kingston upon Thames

29

165

18

59

Lambeth

267

162

442

130

Lewisham

256

383

251

172

Merton

40

92

102

138

Newham

149

273

264

434

Redbridge

119

100

107

264

Richmond upon Thames

96

186

91

41

Southwark

346

503

216

617

Sutton

86

264

321

113

Tower Hamlets

231

114

425

1,005

Waltham Forest

177

56

188

236

Wandsworth

49

295

104

211

Westminster

73

227

285

51

New build total

5,391

6,035

6,812

9,107

Acquisition and refurbishment

5,382

3,342

4,192

2,486

Notes:
1. Transitional LASHG concluded in 2005-06.
2. Homes provided through starter home initiative are included in the acquisition and refurbishment figures.
3. As shown in the table a further 15,402 homes for either social rent, intermediate rent or low cost home ownership were provided by RSLs, with housing corporation investment, through acquisition and refurbishment over these four years.
Source:
Housing Corporation IMS system

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Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many units of social housing were available in each London constituency in each year since 2003; and if she will make a statement. [161544]

Mr. Iain Wright: Information on social housing by constituency is not held centrally.

The numbers of social rent dwellings in London that are owned or managed by local authorities and registered social landlords (RSLs) are tabulated as follows.

Social dwelling stock (local authority and registered social landlords) by local authority area, London
1 April 2003 2004 2005 2006

Barking and Dagenham

25,170

23,700

23,401

22,850

Barnet

18,591

18,165

17,715

17,174

Bexley

13,156

13,061

13,239

12,524

Brent

24,209

24,279

24,083

23,561

Bromley

18,154

18,018

18,133

17,413

Camden

37,096

36,649

35,145

34,457

City of London

746

764

725

725

Croydon

24,343

23,881

23,806

23,717

Ealing

23,425

22,927

22,882

22,507

Enfield

18,989

18,429

18,220

18,169

Greenwich

37,056

36,024

35,427

35,213

Hackney

49,177

46,471

45,824

44,591

Hammersmith and Fulham

26,325

25,977

25,504

25,045

Haringey

28,211

27,545

27,394

26,603

Harrow

9,162

8,492

8,533

8,337

Havering

13,651

13,256

13,318

13,111

Hillingdon

16,164

16,118

16,228

16,156

Hounslow

20,552

19,778

19,355

18,762

Islington

42,888

42,097

41,590

40,632

Kensington and Chelsea

20,252

20,415

20,312

20,117

Kingston upon Thames

7,241

7,153

7,201

6,907

Lambeth

53,006

49,942

48,637

48,034

Lewisham

39,839

37,985

37,034

36,276

Merton

11,600

11,056

11,179

11,023

Newham

32,096

30,381

30,061

29,602

Redbridge

9,481

9,470

9,352

9,332

Richmond upon Thames

9,746

9,673

9,748

9,651

Southwark

60,210

58,590

57,857

55,525

Sutton

12,154

11,273

11,379

11,100

Tower Hamlets

41,725

40,191

39,391

39,037

Waltham Forest

24,020

21,689

21,094

20,964

Wandsworth

28,705

27,888

27,628

26,795

Westminster

27,858

27,174

26,893

27,040

Total London

824,998

798,511

788,288

772,950

Source:
Includes local authority stock from the Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix as reported by local authorities, and registered social landlords stock from regulatory statistical return as reported by registered social landlords.

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