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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).


19 May 2009 : Column 1352W

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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