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Estimated vacancy rates for (c) commercial and industrial properties are available for 1998-99 to 2004-05 and are presented in the following table.
These estimated vacancy rates are derived from the amount of business rate relief given for empty and partially empty properties in each local authority as reported in financial returns to Communities and Local Government.
| Estimated vacancy rates of commercial and industrial property, London boroughs, 1998-99 to 2004-05 |
| Percentage |
| | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 |
|
City of London
|
8
|
8
|
9
|
6
|
9
|
14
|
16
|
|
Barking and Dagenham
|
9
|
9
|
12
|
10
|
12
|
10
|
11
|
|
Barnet
|
6
|
6
|
4
|
6
|
5
|
6
|
5
|
|
Bexley
|
8
|
6
|
4
|
4
|
6
|
8
|
8
|
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|
Brent
|
12
|
12
|
15
|
18
|
19
|
16
|
16
|
|
Bromley
|
6
|
7
|
6
|
5
|
4
|
3
|
4
|
|
Camden
|
12
|
11
|
6
|
5
|
8
|
11
|
10
|
|
Croydon
|
9
|
8
|
7
|
8
|
8
|
10
|
10
|
|
Ealing
|
12
|
18
|
18
|
19
|
18
|
18
|
18
|
|
Enfield
|
9
|
8
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
6
|
9
|
|
Greenwich
|
9
|
9
|
8
|
9
|
9
|
7
|
8
|
|
Hackney
|
30
|
28
|
24
|
21
|
22
|
20
|
28
|
|
Hammersmith and Fulham
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
5
|
7
|
10
|
11
|
|
Haringey
|
14
|
11
|
11
|
13
|
12
|
12
|
12
|
|
Harrow
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
6
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
|
Havering
|
10
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
|
Hillingdon
|
6
|
6
|
5
|
5
|
8
|
9
|
9
|
|
Hounslow
|
14
|
11
|
9
|
9
|
15
|
17
|
15
|
|
Islington
|
12
|
10
|
9
|
8
|
11
|
11
|
13
|
|
Kensington and Chelsea
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
5
|
6
|
|
Kingston upon Thames
|
7
|
13
|
7
|
5
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
|
Lambeth
|
10
|
10
|
6
|
6
|
8
|
8
|
9
|
|
Lewisham
|
13
|
12
|
12
|
12
|
12
|
13
|
13
|
|
Merton
|
7
|
7
|
6
|
6
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
|
Newham
|
16
|
15
|
14
|
14
|
14
|
14
|
14
|
|
Redbridge
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
8
|
|
Richmond upon Thames
|
6
|
6
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
6
|
|
Southwark
|
11
|
9
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
12
|
9
|
|
Sutton
|
7
|
6
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
4
|
10
|
|
Tower Hamlets
|
21
|
13
|
10
|
8
|
9
|
13
|
12
|
|
Waltham Forest
|
18
|
16
|
11
|
14
|
14
|
13
|
14
|
|
Wandsworth
|
7
|
6
|
5
|
4
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
|
Westminster
|
10
|
10
|
5
|
7
|
9
|
11
|
10
|
First Time Buyers: Mortgages
Mr. Boris Johnson:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what proportion of first-time buyers in (a) London, (b) the South East and (c) England took out a mortgage with a repayment schedule expected to last more than (i) 20, (ii) 25, (iii) 30, (iv) 35, (v) 40 and (vi) 60 years in (A) 1997, (B) 2000, (C) 2003 and (D) 2006. [171820]
Mr. Iain Wright:
The proportion of first-time buyers in London, South East and England that took out mortgages expected to last more than 20, 25, 30, 35, 40 and 60 years for 2006 is shown in the following table.
Data for 1997, 2000 and 2003 is unavailable.
| Proportion of FTBs that took out mortgages expected to last more than 20, 25, 30, 35, 40 and 60 years, 2006 |
| |
Greater than 20
|
Greater than 25
|
Greater than 30
|
Greater than 35
|
Greater than 40
|
Greater than 60
|
|
London
|
90.13
|
19.47
|
4.71
|
0.31
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|
South East
|
89.73
|
34.89
|
12.59
|
0.61
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|
England
|
90.17
|
37.06
|
13.79
|
0.60
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
Source:
Regulated Mortgage Survey
|
