To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table showing the total number of housing association dwellings completed, including newly-built and rehabilitated dwellings for letting (a) on a fair rent, (b) on a shared ownership lease and (c) as an assured tenancy for each of the regions and for England as a whole in the years 1976–77 to 1987–88.
Information on housing association completions available on the basis of standard statistical regions does not distinguish between homes for rent and
| Housing association completions (new build and rehabilitation) | |||||||||||
| 000's | |||||||||||
| Total1 | Of which Housing Corporation by Corporation funded for fair rent: by Corporation region2 | ||||||||||
| Midlands | North | ||||||||||
| All | London and Home Counties | West | East | West | East | West | Mersey | ||||
| 1976–77 | 33·9 | 10·3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1977–78 | 42·1 | 20·5 | 7·8 | 1·8 | 2·0 | 3·9 | 2·5 | 2·4 | — | ||
| 1978–79 | 34·0 | 23·8 | 10·5 | 1·6 | 1·3 | 2·8 | 3·7 | 3·8 | — | ||
mortgage repayments and (iii) subject to repossession action by the mortgagee in each of the years from 1979 to 1987.
The information is not available in precisely the form requested. Figures for building societies and local authorities are below. The corresponding information is not available for other lending institutions.for other tenures. The table therefore shows total completions for England, and fair rent completions funded by the Housing Corporation broken down by corporation region. Prior to 1987–88 registered housing associations did not provide homes to let on assured tenancy terms so the number of assured tenancy completions in the period was negligible. Provision for housing associations to build or rehabilitate homes for sale on shared ownership terms was first introduced following the Housing Act 1980 and, although no regional breakdown is available, information on total sales since 1981–82 is also shown below.
Total1
| Of which Housing Corporation funded for fair rent: by Corporation region2
| ||||||||
| Midlands | North | ||||||||
All
| London and Home Counties
| West
| East
| West
| East
| West
| Mersey
| ||
| 1979–80 | 32·5 | 21·3 | 6·6 | 1·2 | 2·2 | 3·4 | 4·6 | 3·3 | — |
| 1980–81 | 34·4 | 26·0 | 8·1 | 2·0 | 1·7 | 4·8 | 3·9 | 5·4 | — |
| 1981–82 | 27·1 | 220·0 | 2·2 | 2·3 | 2·1 | 3·3 | 5·5 | 2·3 | 2·4 |
| 1982–83 | 26·7 | 21·6 | 4·4 | 2·0 | 2·8 | 2·3 | 4·6 | 3·3 | 2·3 |
| 1983–84 | 30·7 | 20·7 | 6·3 | 1·7 | 2·3 | 2·9 | 4·3 | 1·6 | 1·6 |
| 1984–85 | 29·4 | 25·3 | 7·9 | 2·6 | 3·1 | 2·7 | 3·5 | 3·4 | 2·0 |
| 1985–86 | 22·0 | 21·3 | 6·5 | 2·3 | 2·0 | 2·0 | 3·6 | 3·0 | 1·9 |
| 1986–87 | 21·9 | 20·0 | 5·4 | 2·0 | 1·9 | 2·4 | 3·5 | 2·9 | 1·7 |
| 1987–883 | 21·2 | 18·2 | 5·3 | 1·7 | 1·7 | 2·0 | 2·9 | 2·6 | 2·0 |
1 Renovations figures consist of schemes approved up to 1977 and work completed thereafter; from 1981 total includes improvement for sale and from 1985 excludes hostel bedspaces. | |||||||||
2 Housing Corporation regional boundaries adjusted in 1981–82, prior to that figures for London include whole of South East and Merseyside was included in North West region. | |||||||||
3 Provisional. | |||||||||
Housing association shared ownership sales (introduced following Housing Act 1980)
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'000s
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| 1981–82 | 10·1 |
| 1982–83 | 12·5 |
| 1983–84 | 14·1 |
| 1984–85 | 13·4 |
| 1985–86 | 11·8 |
| 1986–87 | 11·9 |
| 1987–88 | 1·5 |
1 The revised figures show all housing association shared ownership units sold during the year including any actually completed in previous years. | |