Multiple Occupation: Tyne and Wear

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many houses in multiple occupation there were in each local authority in Tyne and Wear in each year since 2001 as recorded in the Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix. (148075)

The number of houses in multiple occupation in each local authority within the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear in each year since 2001, as recorded in the Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix, is given in the following table:

*Number of houses in multiple occupation (whether registered or not) as at 1 April by region, as reported by local authorities*
	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Gateshead	30	30	100	100	86	51
Newcastle upon Tyne	1,000	—	3,262	1,000	4,000	—
North Tyneside	150	141	141	141	149	152
South Tyneside	130	52	38	36	31
Sunderland	1,546	1,000	800	640	742	1,419
Tyne and Wear (metropolitan county)	2,856	1,223	4,341	1,917	5,008	1,622
Source: Communities and Local Government Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix return (HSSA)

Volume 463: debated on Monday 23 July 2007