[holding answer 30 November 2006]: The number of households on the waiting list for social housing in each local authority in Tyne and Wear since 2000, as at 1 April each year, is tabled as follows:
Gateshead Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside South Tyneside Sunderland Tyne and Wear 2000 4,700 4,400 3,300 12,200 4,500 29,000 2001 4,800 5,400 2,500 8,700 5,200 26,500 2002 5,400 6,300 2,900 10,200 5,800 30,500 2003 6,000 6,600 3,400 10,800 22,300 49,100 2004 9,900 10,200 4,000 12,300 25,800 62,300 2005 4,200 13,100 4,300 8,600 16,200 46,500 2006 10,300 18,900 5,600 8,400 1,500 44,700 Source: Communities and Local Government's Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix (HSSA) return
The England totals may not be equal to the sum of individual region’s figures, due to rounding.
Not everyone on the waiting list is necessarily in urgent housing need. The waiting list includes those who consider social housing as their preferred housing option or one of a number of housing options, and those who decide to get on to the waiting list ladder before they need or want to move house—particularly where the priority system is heavily based on waiting time.
The number of households on the waiting list for social housing in each local authority in England as at 1 April 2006 was 1,634,301.
Local authorities (LAs) in England report the number of households on their housing waiting list as at 1 April in their annual Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix returns. Where the local authority maintains a common waiting list with registered social landlords (RSLs) in their district, the list will also include households placed on the list by RSLs. The Department for Communities and Local Government does not collect information on households on individual RSL waiting lists.
Not everyone on the waiting list is necessarily in urgent housing need. The waiting list includes those who consider social housing as their preferred option or one of a number of housing options, and those who decide to get on to the waiting list ladder before they need or want to move house—particularly where the priority system is heavily based on waiting time.
(2) what the average waiting time is on a housing list for a property in (a) Hemsworth constituency (b) Yorkshire and Humberside and (c) England.
The information requested is not held centrally.
The numbers of right-to-buy sales and applications can be found on the Department for Communities and local Government website at:
http://www.communities.gov.uk/pub/383/Table648_id1156383.xls
Information on individual years is available from 1998-99 only.
The number of households on the waiting list for social housing in each local authority in the North West of England, as at 1 April 2006, is tabled as follows:
Local authority name Number Allerdale 2,013 Barrow-in-Furness 1,446 Blackburn with Darwen DA 7,520 Blackpool UA 2,706 Bolton 21,422 Burnley 1,376 Bury 3,353 Carlisle 3,976 Chester 3,882 Chorley 1,652 Congleton 1,168 Copeland 2,035 Crewe and Nantwich 2,460 Eden 1,043 Ellesmere Port and Neston 1,297 Fylde 3,600 Halton UA 2,523 Hyndburn 3,430 Knowsley 3,075 Lancaster 1,538 Liverpool 12,924 Macclesfield 3,133 Manchester 16,994 Oldham 7,520 Pendle 1,572 Preston 3,187 Ribble Valley 891 Rochdale 6,552 Rossendale 2,947 Salford 12,074 Sefton 12,694 South Lakeland 3,255 South Ribble 1,474 St. Helens 2,172 Stockport 6,821 Tameside 7,169 Trafford 6,067 Vale Royal 3,522 Warrington UA 9,725 West Lancashire 2,318 Wigan 5,801 Wirral 13,252 Wyre 3,818 Source: Communities and Local Government’s Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix (HSSA) return.
Local authorities (LAs) in England report the number of households on their housing waiting list as at 1 April in their annual Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix returns. Where the local authority maintains a common waiting list with registered social landlords (RSLs) in their district, the list will also include households placed on the list by RSLs. The Department for Communities and Local Government does not collect information on households on individual RSL waiting lists.
Not everyone on the waiting list is necessarily in urgent housing need. The waiting list includes those who consider social housing as their preferred option or one of a number of housing options, and those who decide to get on to the waiting list ladder before they need or want to move house—particularly where the priority system is heavily based on waiting time.
The number of right-to-buy sales can be found on the Department for Communities and Local Government website at:
http://www.communities.gov.uk/pub/383/Table648_id1156383.xls
Information on individual years is available from 1998-99 only.
The Hostels Capital Improvement Programme has allocated funding to the North West as follows:
North West Chester 2004-05 109,000 — 2005-06 3,189,000 110,000 2006-07 3,390,000 — 2007-08 1,283,000 — Total 7,971,000 110,000
The average (median) price of a home in England and Wales by local authority level is available on the Department for Communities and Local Government website at:
http://www.communities.gov.uk/pub/160/Table586_idll56160.xls
The average (median) weekly earnings in the UK by local authority area is available on the Office for National Statistics (ONS) website at:
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/Product.asp?vlnk=13101&Pos=l&ColRank=l&Rank=192
Earnings data are collected by ONS in April each year. To maintain comparability with earnings, when calculating the ratio of median house prices to median earnings house price data from the first half of the year are used.
Figures for median house prices, median earnings and the ratio between the two for England are presented in a table that has been placed in the Library.