(2) the Open Market HomeBuy Scheme in (a) each region and (b) each London borough in (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08; and how many have been purchased in each area in 2008-09 to date.
The following table shows the regional distribution of open market homebuy and new build homebuy completions for 2006-07, 2007-08 and up to end of January 2009 for 2008-09. These are based on the local authority in which the property is located.
Region name (by location) 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 to end January 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 to end January North East 1 12 22 100 106 112 North West 66 191 174 724 905 393 Yorks and Humber 31 98 234 303 393 285 East Midlands 64 78 212 810 1,301 630 West Midlands 137 149 352 651 1,339 614 Eastern 378 541 861 1,211 1,770 559 London 787 478 856 3,549 4,786 2,418 South East 951 977 1,537 2,844 2,963 1,464 South West 92 352 607 825 1,317 774 2,507 2,876 4,855 11,017 14,880 7,249 Source: Homes and Communities Agency Investment Management System
The following table shows the figures for each London borough of open market homebuy and new build homebuy completions for 2006-07, 2007-08 and up to end of January 2009 for 2008-09. These are based on the local authority in which the property is located.
Location LA name 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 to end January 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 to end January City of London 0 0 7 0 0 0 Barking and Dagenham 32 18 24 122 160 13 Barnet 15 20 29 18 48 27 Bexley 42 29 65 49 164 0 Brent 8 5 10 184 109 220 Bromley 65 24 59 36 97 48 Camden 3 0 10 19 51 27 Croydon 63 34 66 151 212 29 Ealing 21 15 17 362 174 101 Enfield 50 25 35 96 223 0 Greenwich 45 21 42 233 292 42 Hackney 12 9 11 284 315 294 Hammersmith and Fulham 3 3 8 134 143 81 Haringey 22 17 13 144 174 115 Harrow 9 17 16 37 87 101 Havering 21 18 24 38 99 101 Hillingdon 29 21 24 49 63 0 Hounslow 13 17 20 210 514 44 Islington 13 2 11 353 111 42 Kensington and Chelsea 0 0 2 22 14 4 Kingston upon Thames 22 12 28 8 27 0 Lambeth 34 21 44 16 112 101 Lewisham 72 26 46 10 183 4 Merton 25 7 24 29 163 30 Newham 12 6 18 171 290 184 Redbridge 26 18 19 90 15 46 Richmond upon Thames 8 11 22 12 50 32 Southwark 14 15 11 142 237 109 Sutton 53 36 71 12 10 90 Tower Hamlets 7 3 10 272 426 378 Waltham Forest 24 23 38 91 38 17 Wandsworth 20 3 25 147 168 136 Westminster 4 2 7 8 17 2 787 478 856 3,549 4,786 2,418 Source: Homes and Communities Agency Investment Management System
(2) how many individuals had applied for assistance under the HomeBuy Direct scheme at the latest date for which figures are available;
(3) when she expects the HomeBuy Direct scheme to be fully operational; and if she will make a statement;
(4) by what date she expects the first properties to be purchased via the HomeBuy Direct scheme.
Allowing for bids from different operating companies within recognised overall group structures, 133 organisations submitted bids to the Homes and Communities Agency to provide the HomeBuy Direct scheme on more than 23,000 properties. This strong response from developers has allowed us to expand the scheme to help up to 18,000 first time buyers (rather than up to 10,000 as was originally planned).
The scheme is now in the process of being rolled out. 3,000 HomeBuy Direct properties are available to purchasers now, and further properties will become available very soon.
The Homes and Communities Agency does not collect data on the number of applications from individuals for the scheme.