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Social Rented Housing

Volume 462: debated on Monday 25 June 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate she has made of the number of social housing units built in (a) the London borough of Merton, (b) south-west London and (c) London in each of the last five years. (121555)

The number of social rent homes built or acquired in each London borough in each of the last five years is tabulated as follows. Communities and Local Government do not define an area for south-west London so figures have been provided for each London borough.

Social rent homes provided by sponsoring local authority

2001-02

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-061

City of London

76

88

0

48

178

Barking and Dagenham

279

162

124

163

190

Barnet

145

177

113

142

216

Bexley

33

143

48

31

46

Brent

415

196

225

158

168

Bromley

147

168

90

60

212

Camden

164

126

81

188

72

Croydon

398

264

82

156

184

Ealing

119

120

122

171

188

Enfield

437

303

238

254

236

Greenwich

324

217

410

135

184

Hackney

271

300

226

234

130

Hammersmith and Fulham

132

116

358

166

68

Haringey

234

127

241

164

226

Harrow

113

102

90

52

25

Havering

183

36

28

69

6

Hillingdon

237

118

128

84

74

Hounslow

182

110

237

81

94

Islington

111

183

261

187

253

Kensington and Chelsea

114

121

178

25

79

Kingston upon Thames

66

41

39

127

4

Lambeth

166

215

206

173

288

Lewisham

196

191

277

399

318

Merton

103

75

55

108

101

Newham

351

246

217

281

266

Redbridge

258

159

90

179

92

Richmond upon Thames

41

13

98

123

60

Southwark

205

287

231

301

252

Sutton

127

161

111

214

266

Tower Hamlets

387

380

431

194

675

Waltham Forest

239

232

182

77

133

Wandsworth

49

61

49

98

9

Westminster

307

172

120

215

280

London

6,609

5,410

5,386

5,057

5,573

1 Provisional.

Source:

Housing Corporation, local authority statistical returns.