Written question asked by Baroness Byford (Conservative), in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 25 February 2003. It was answered by Lord Rooker (Labour) on Tuesday, 25 February 2003.

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Rooker, RtHonLord

Question

Further to the Written Answer by Mr McNulty, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, on 28 January 2003, 398 c710-2W, why the only region that shows an improvement in the relet times for local authority dwellings between 1993-94 and 2001-02 is London; why there has been a 22 per cent average increase in reletting times across all local authorities in England (including London); and why there has been an average increase in reletting times across all rural authorities of 63 per cent; and further to the Written Answer by Mr McNulty, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, on 28 January 2003, 398 c710-2W, why improvements in relet times for registered social landlord dwellings between 1996-97 and 2001-02 have been achieved only by the South East region; why there has been an average increase in relet times across all local authorities in England of 24 per cent; and why there has been an average increase in relet times across all rural authorities of 38 per cent. [HL 1506;HL 1507].

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

645 c29-30WA; HL 1506;HL 1507

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Council housing Housing stock Social rented housing Tenants Rural areas