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Housing (Hampshire)

Volume 111: debated on Thursday 26 February 1987

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asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many houses are planned to be built by local authorities in each Hampshire district in 1987–88, based on information contained in the housing investment programmes.

In their housing investment programmes submitted to the Department in July 1986 district councils in Hampshire listed 1,187 dwellings which they planned to start in 1987–88 if resources were available. Of these, 679 were to be specially designed for the elderly or disabled. The figures for each district are given in the table:

AuthorityDwellings for the elderly and disabledOther dwellingsTotal
Basingstoke and Deane421658
East Hampshire2793120
Eastleigh03030
Fareham551267
Gosport326092
Hart40040
Havant03030

Authority

Dwellings for the elderly and disabled

Other dwellings

Total

New Forest225880
Portsmouth601878
Rushmoor04040
Southampton21556271
Test valley9377170
Winchester9318111

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list, for each local authority district in Hampshire, the number of council homes sold in the last two years.

The numbers of council house sales in the first half of 1986–87 reported by the local authorities, are as follows:

Number
Basingstoke and Deane177
East Hampshire91
Eastleigh65
Fareham52
Gosport72
Hart22
Havant94
New Forest99
Portsmouth253
Rushmoor86
Southampton248
Test Valley97
Winchester117
For the 1984–85 and 1985–86 figures, I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him by my hon. Friend the Minister for Housing, Urban Affairs and Construction, on 18 December 1986 at column

683.