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Multiple Occupation: Tyne and Wear

Volume 463: debated on Monday 23 July 2007

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)