House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 19 May 2009 (pt 0019)

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	Percentage change in vacants between 2003 and 2008
	Local authority	Registered social landlords	Private enterprise	Total
London	-4.2	-23.1	-12.2	-12.1
Barking and Dagenham	9.3	-40.2	-18.4	-8.2
Barnet	13.2	-64.0	13.8	14.9
Bexley	⁽¹⁾—	-17.5	-13.3	-6.4
Brent	-8.4	-7.8	-29.8	-16.9
Bromley	⁽¹⁾—	-9.9	-21.6	-14.0
Camden	-6.7	-30.9	-19.5	-14.6
City of London	⁽¹⁾—	⁽²⁾—	-33.3	-30.5
Croydon	16.4	-10.2	-28.7	-23.8
Ealing	88.4	3.3	-18.7	-7.0
Enfield	-20.3	-68.2	-32.3	-29.2
Greenwich	20.7	-5.9	7.7	16.5
Hackney	70.8	-66.4	-23.7	3.6
Hammersmith and Fulham	-4.1	-35.9	19.2	25.2
Haringey	-16.8	50.0	-29.6	-21.2
Harrow	-50.7	-16.1	-72.5	-69.8
Havering	16.0	400.0	-2.8	2.5
Hillingdon	-23.0	38.0	-39.9	-35.4
Hounslow	-42.7	-50.9	-19.1	-22.0
Islington	-51.4	12.9	-68.2	-57.8
Kensington and Chelsea	51.4	-30.9	-2.8	2.7
Kingston upon Thames	-35.1	-30.3	-6.5	-6.4
Lambeth	37.8	-39.3	-43.0	-25.0
Lewisham	-86.1	19.0	-19.9	-34.0
Merton	52.6	-53.6	-36.2	-33.2
Newham	23.1	-29.9	65.8	61.4
Redbridge	52.9	-51.9	-11.7	-7.1
Richmond upon Thames	⁽¹⁾—	-38.9	-45.4	-41.2
Southwark	9.1	-26.7	-62.5	-45.3
Sutton	-4.6	-5.4	5.1	6.3
Tower Hamlets	-66.1	79.4	14.5	10.5
Waltham Forest	64.7	19.1	63.6	72.4
Wandsworth	-40.1	-58.0	⁽²⁾—	⁽²⁾—
Westminster	-4.4	-49.9	-12.7	-8.4
⁽¹⁾ Large Scale Voluntary Transfer ⁽²⁾ Not reported in 2003 Notes: Figures for registered social landlords are for self-contained general needs units only. Sources: Council Taxbase and Council Taxbase Supplementary (CTB1 and CTB1S) returns from local authorities for 3 November 2003 and 6 October 2008; Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix (HSSA) submitted to Communities and Local Government by local authorities for 1 April 2003, 2008; Regulatory Statistical Return (RSR) as reported to the Housing Corporation by registered social landlords for 31 March 2003, 2008.

Housing: Low Incomes

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the average annual income of a household taking part in each of the HomeBuy schemes has been in each region in the last 12 months. [272225]

Margaret Beckett: The following table shows the average household income of households purchasing under HomeBuy schemes in England in 2007-08, by region.

Average household income
£
Region	New build HomeBuy	Open market HomeBuy	Social HomeBuy	All HomeBuy schemes
North East	16,360	14,120	⁽¹⁾—	16,080
North West	15,250	17,620	18,650	15,450
Yorkshire and Humberside	14,750	19,360	⁽¹⁾—	15,600
East Midlands	16,010	22,220	⁽¹⁾—	16,580
West Midlands	16,550	20,060	n/a	16,810
Eastern	20,550	25,340	⁽¹⁾—	22,160
London	24,010	25,010	30,400	24,180
South East	19,620	27,480	19,300	21,250
South West	18,260	22,480	20,230	18,980
England	19,760	25,050	23,410	20,590
n/a = Not available due to small sample size of less than 5. ⁽¹⁾ No sales. Source: CORE (Continuous Recording) returns from Registered Social Landlords to the Tenant Services Authority (TSA).

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The figures do not include sales through HomeBuy Direct or Rent to HomeBuy, which commenced in 2008-09.

The household income figures are calculated from the “monthly take home pay” figures, which are based on net earnings from any paid work. These figures do not include income from benefits such as income support, child benefit, child tax credit, or any payments received from the Child Support Agency (CSA).

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Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the average price of a property purchased under each of the HomeBuy schemes has been in each region in the last 12 months. [272226]

Margaret Beckett: The following table shows the average price of a property purchased under HomeBuy schemes in England in 2007-08, by region.

A verage property price
£
Region	New build HomeBuy	Open market HomeBuy	Social HomeBuy	All HomeBuy schemes
North East	135,090	111,870	n/a	130,940
North West	132,560	121,210	82,470	129,900
Yorkshire and Humberside	125,100	142,850	n/a	127,440
East Midlands	128,070	130,850	n/a	128,190
West Midlands	141,230	125,240	135,100	140,130
Eastern	166,490	154,430	n/a	162,650
London	221,080	189,990	227,860	218,440
South East	173,840	172,930	153,910	173,520
South West	154,730	149,810	145,580	153,710
England	174,610	163,910	155,860	172,870
n/a = Not available due to small sample size of less than 5. Source: CORE (Continuous Recording) returns from Registered Social Landlords to the Tenant Services Authority (TSA).

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