No distinction is drawn between ‘historic debt’ (for instance debt entered into in previous financial years) and ‘non-historic debt’ (for instance debt entered into in the current financial year). Reported housing debt and the percentage of their housing stock that meets the decent homes standard for each authority in 2006-07 is given in the following table:
Local authority Housing debt (£) Proportion of own stock meeting decent homes standard (percentage) Proportion of RSL stock in area meeting decent homes standard (percentage) Adur 10,103,430 90 97 Alnwick 6,822,649 100 93 Arun 2,342,000 1— 86 Ashfield 78,537,341 94 97 Ashford 8,576,926 100 96 Babergh 3,451,371 88 96 Barnet 23,940,000 70 90 Barnsley 222,117,473 87 97 Barrow 9,010,011 89 66 Basildon 131,162,202 49 92 Bassetlaw 23,522,109 69 98 Birmingham 507,339,430 66 97 Blackpool 17,582,302 89 98 Blyth Valley 59,666,366 98 96 Bolsover 6,873,586 55 91 Bolton 187,535,588 91 82 Bournemouth 11,228,327 98 96 Brent 307,786,298 100 92 Brighton and Hove 87,687,965 44 96 Bristol 173,394,667 86 78 Broxtowe 5,854,424 96 96 Bury 16,062,052 72 85 Cambridge 893,250 85 96 Camden 415,234,013 52 90 Cannock Chase 18,081,647 68 96 Canterbury 4,517,386 80 82 Caradon 2,379,682 76 95 Carrick 11,738,498 75 82 Castle Morpeth 11,607,218 27 93 Cheltenham 9,940,435 90 87 Chesterfield 21,631,176 74 97 Chester-le-Street 13,583,000 54 91 Chorley 2,498,568 1— 1— City of London 12,373,791 64 88 City of York 14,668,846 90 85 Colchester 40,777,838 78 93 Corby 1,475,569 83 81 Croydon 54,042,154 85 95 Darlington 26,400,171 100 88 Derby 186,993,960 99 94 Derwentside 29,883,628 1— 1— Doncaster 113,914,967 37 94 Dudley 48,433,000 83 99 Durham 18,297,360 66 81 Ealing 147,515,335 68 92 Easington 55,637,051 11 98 Eastbourne 25,798,203 23 93 Ellesmere Port 3,016,000 84 96 Enfield 36,391,000 76 93 Fareham 3,921,330 91 96 Fenland 4,461,834 86 97 Gateshead 95,529,000 75 98 Gloucester 16,267,257 25 94 Great Yarmouth 15,686,358 90 92 Greenwich 361,352,000 62 90 Guildford 4,229,110 92 92 Hackney 563,039,701 62 95 Hammersmith 213,483,000 68 91 Harborough 1,128,932 70 93 Haringey 358,681,149 57 87 Harrogate 4,069,356 78 84 Harrow 28,060,487 28 78 Havering 3,757,010 69 100 High Peak 15,710,536 92 87 Hillingdon 37,415,174 91 89 Hounslow 229,030,000 100 73 Ipswich 28,221,765 86 98 Islington 587,840,525 55 88 Kensington 162,317,044 76 81 Kettering 3,682,000 91 90 Kings Lynn 8,355,000 1— 1— Kingston upon Hull 192,104,158 36 97 Kingston upon Thames 7,744,806 77 94 Kirklees 231,399,881 91 90 Lambeth 456,512,939 71 49 Lancaster 15,303,171 100 95 Leeds 534,290,000 66 93 Leicester 187,185,456 85 88 Lewes 9,878,725 99 70 Lewisham 309,321,090 53 97 Lincoln 28,081,574 62 90 Liverpool 522,979,000 38 94 Luton 11,008,727 83 95 Manchester 675,918,668 44 87 Mansfield 35,190,886 66 96 Medway Towns 19,417,880 73 79 Melton 2,362,609 1— 82 Mid Suffolk 13,647,641 87 99 Milton Keynes 76,520,037 65 31 NE Derbyshire 23,188,000 87 87 New Forest 1,897,105 87 94 Newark 22,786,982 55 57 Newcastle upon Tyne 374,107,537 12 97 Newham 396,944,177 42 95 North Cornwall 2,588,084 92 87 North Kesteven 11,715,865 89 86 North Lincoln 25,508,220 1— 1— North Norfolk 10,739,462 1— 1— North Shropshire 225,381 83 89 North Tyneside 104,950,497 46 98 Norwich 52,552,003 79 96 Nottingham 209,606,996 66 98 Nuneaton 4,881,324 84 96 NW Leicester 3,335,280 73 94 Oldham 178,286,947 76 91 Oswestry 1,084,619 22 98 Oxford City 11,222,867 75 73 Pendle 5,601,000 1— 1— Plymouth 59,405,576 51 1— Poole 12,181,412 56 90 Portsmouth 29,258,032 64 90 Reading 36,868,279 88 91 Ribble Valley 3,342,390 83 88 Richmondshire 958,421 94 93 Rochdale 220,263,858 95 89 Rochford 10,117,502 79 96 Rotherham 67,099,885 35 90 Rugby 1,665,034 1— 94 Salford 241 ,090,208 49 91 Salisbury 2,977,736 91 92 Sandwell 124,638,000 56 97 Sedgefield 9,714,036 62 98 Sefton 48,826,511 1— 1— Sheffield 488,985,576 51 94 Shepway 14,271,314 75 95 Solihull 51,086,808 77 80 South Derby 2,282,999 94 98 South Holland 124,972 85 98 South Kesteven 2,159,000 97 96 South Tyneside 84,455,246 40 82 Southampton 88,427,128 75 97 Southend-on-Sea 22,298,055 37 86 Southwark 585,951,770 67 96 St. Albans 6,156,024 100 93 Stockport 37,059,000 68 91 Stockton 71,900,136 76 87 Stoke-on-Trent 75,479,296 75 92 Swindon 11,915,108 94 92 Tamworth 20,994,770 90 94 Tandridge 2,093,760 96 95 Taunton Deane 14,291,342 85 94 Teesdale 2,602,590 1— 1— Tendring 15,583,154 77 89 Thanet 15,451,354 99 91 Torridge 1,154,954 79 94 Tower Hamlets 334,267,161 41 92 Waltham Forest 168,460,127 36 86 Wandsworth 45,190,560 99 87 Wansbeck 17,311,095 50 96 Warrington 32,904,522 84 95 Waveney 10,333,309 84 91 Waverley 3,512,243 48 84 Wealden 10,835,556 96 98 Wear Valley 29,336,503 70 90 Wellingborough 8,379,375 59 93 Westminster 205,082,422 100 95 Wigan 217,594,804 87 88 Winchester 10,130,515 91 92 Woking 20,532,952 91 93 Wokingham 1,171,151 92 88 Wolverhampton 149,719,979 41 95 England 14,492,541,935 — — 1 No data Note: Data on debt are taken from local authorities’ third subsidy claim form for 2006-07. The data for Decent Homes are taken from their Business Plan Statistical Appendix Annual Monitoring form and the Regulatory Statistical Return from registered social landlords.