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Housing: Empty Property

Volume 492: debated on Tuesday 19 May 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate she has made of the number of empty dwellings in each London local authority area in each tenure group; and what the percentage change was in the equivalent figures between 2002-03 and 2007-08. (276276)

The table shows estimates made of the number of empty dwellings in each London local authority area in each tenure group; and the percentage change in the equivalent figures between 2002-03 and 2007-08.

Estimates of the number of empty dwellings in each London local authority area in each tenure group; and the percentage change in the equivalent figures between 2002-03 and 2007-08

2008

Local authority

Registered social landlords

Private enterprise

Total

Number of vacants

LA vacants as a percentage of LA stock

Number of vacants

LA vacants as a percentage of LA stock

Number of vacants

LA vacants as a percentage of LA stock

Number of vacants

LA vacants as a percentage of LA stock

London

9,500

2.2

4,930

1.4

71,490

2.2

85,920

2.6

Barking and Dagenham

516

2.7

52

1.5

1,082

2.3

1,650

2.4

Barnet

103

0.9

41

0.6

3,892

3.3

4,036

3.0

Bexley

0

0.0

156

1.3

1,967

2.4

2,123

2.3

Brent

152

1.6

317

2.2

1,802

2.2

2,271

2.1

Bromley

0

0.0

319

1.8

3,298

2.9

3,617

2.7

Camden

308

1.3

123

1.3

2,464

3.8

2,895

2.9

City of London

3

0.7

1

0.3

94

1.8

98

1.7

Croydon

163

1.2

168

1.7

3,268

2.8

3,599

2.5

Ealing

407

3.0

155

1.7

2,515

2.4

3,077

2.5

Enfield

287

2.5

70

1.1

2,177

2.1

2,534

2.1

Greenwich

629

2.6

190

2.0

2,585

3.9

3,404

3.4

Hackney

1,139

4.8

250

1.4

1,947

3.6

3,336

3.5

Hammersmith and Fulham

325

2.5

182

1.5

1,626

3.0

1,734

2.2

Haringey

188

1.2

267

2.7

2,334

3.1

2,789

2.8

Harrow

34

0.7

52

1.5

657

0.9

743

0.9

Havering

442

4.2

55

2.2

1,970

2.3

2,467

2.5

Hillingdon

124

1.2

109

1.9

1,711

2.0

1,944

1.9

Hounslow

271

2.1

54

0.9

1,181

1.6

1,506

1.6

Islington

203

0.8

350

2.5

1,145

2.2

1,698

1.8

Kensington and Chelsea

56

0.8

159

1.2

3,181

4.8

3,396

3.9

Kingston upon Thames

50

1.0

23

1.1

2,110

3.7

2,183

3.4

Lambeth

1,058

3.9

287

1.4

2,435

3.0

3,780

2.9

Lewisham

126

0.6

163

1.0

1,746

2.2

2,035

1.8

Merton

87

1.4

26

0.5

1,618

2.4

1,731

2.2

Newham

698

3.9

131

1.1

3,262

4.6

4,091

4.1

Redbridge

185

3.9

39

0.9

2,129

2.4

2,353

2.4

Richmond upon Thames

5

10.0

124

1.3

1,685

2.4

1,814

2.3

Southwark

1,054

2.6

165

1.2

1,501

2.2

2,720

2.2

Sutton

83

1.2

35

0.9

2,256

3.3

2,374

3.0

Tower Hamlets

222

1.7

418

1.6

2,308

3.9

2,948

3.0

Waltham Forest

168

1.6

187

1.8

3,341

4.4

3,696

3.8

Wandsworth

179

1.0

86

0.9

2,853

2.8

3,118

2.4

Westminster

238

1.9

177

1.2

3,749

4.1

4,164

3.5

Percentage change in vacants between 2003 and 2008

Local authority

Registered social landlords

Private enterprise

Total

London

-4.2

-23.1

-12.2

-12.1

Barking and Dagenham

9.3

-40.2

-18.4

-8.2

Barnet

13.2

-64.0

13.8

14.9

Bexley

1

-17.5

-13.3

-6.4

Brent

-8.4

-7.8

-29.8

-16.9

Bromley

1

-9.9

-21.6

-14.0

Camden

-6.7

-30.9

-19.5

-14.6

City of London

1

2

-33.3

-30.5

Croydon

16.4

-10.2

-28.7

-23.8

Ealing

88.4

3.3

-18.7

-7.0

Enfield

-20.3

-68.2

-32.3

-29.2

Greenwich

20.7

-5.9

7.7

16.5

Hackney

70.8

-66.4

-23.7

3.6

Hammersmith and Fulham

-4.1

-35.9

19.2

25.2

Haringey

-16.8

50.0

-29.6

-21.2

Harrow

-50.7

-16.1

-72.5

-69.8

Havering

16.0

400.0

-2.8

2.5

Hillingdon

-23.0

38.0

-39.9

-35.4

Hounslow

-42.7

-50.9

-19.1

-22.0

Islington

-51.4

12.9

-68.2

-57.8

Kensington and Chelsea

51.4

-30.9

-2.8

2.7

Kingston upon Thames

-35.1

-30.3

-6.5

-6.4

Lambeth

37.8

-39.3

-43.0

-25.0

Lewisham

-86.1

19.0

-19.9

-34.0

Merton

52.6

-53.6

-36.2

-33.2

Newham

23.1

-29.9

65.8

61.4

Redbridge

52.9

-51.9

-11.7

-7.1

Richmond upon Thames

1

-38.9

-45.4

-41.2

Southwark

9.1

-26.7

-62.5

-45.3

Sutton

-4.6

-5.4

5.1

6.3

Tower Hamlets

-66.1

79.4

14.5

10.5

Waltham Forest

64.7

19.1

63.6

72.4

Wandsworth

-40.1

-58.0

2

2

Westminster

-4.4

-49.9

-12.7

-8.4

1 Large Scale Voluntary Transfer

2 Not reported in 2003

Notes:

Figures for registered social landlords are for self-contained general needs units only.

Sources:

Council Taxbase and Council Taxbase Supplementary (CTB1 and CTB1S) returns from local authorities for 3 November 2003 and 6 October 2008; Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix (HSSA) submitted to Communities and Local Government by local authorities for 1 April 2003, 2008; Regulatory Statistical Return (RSR) as reported to the Housing Corporation by registered social landlords for 31 March 2003, 2008.