§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) how many elderly persons in Great Britain and in each English region (a) in total, (b) aged 65 to 69 years, (c) 70 to 79, and (d) 80 years or over live in accommodation (i) without a fixed bath, (ii) without an inside toilet, and (iii) without central heating; and what proportion this represents of the total number of elderly persons in each age group;
(2) how many elderly persons in Great Britain and in each English region (a) in total, (b) aged 65 to 69 years, (c) 70 to 79 years, and (d) 80 years or over, live in accommodation built before 1919; and what proportion this represents of the total number of elderly persons in each age group;
(3) how many persons aged 25 to 44 years in Great Britain and in each English region live in (a) accommodation built before 1919, (b) in accommodation without a fixed bath, (c) an inside toilet and (d) central heating; and what proportion this number represents of the total number of persons aged 24 to 46 years.
§ Mr. ArmstrongThe information requested is available only on a Great Britain basis and is taken from the 1973 General Household Survey—a sample survey of about 11,650 households. The information, which is subject to sampling error, is as follows:
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GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY SAMPLE HOUSEHOLDS BY AGE OF HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD Over 65 years 65–69 years 70–79 years 80 years or over Total 25–44 years Number Percentage of sample in age group Number Percentage of sample in age group Number Percentage of sample in age group Number Percentage of sample in age group Number Percentage of sample in age group Households living in accommodation built before 1919 370 34 509 38 197 41 1,076 37 859 23 Households living in accommodation without a fixed bath 135 12 197 15 101 21 433 15 166 4 Households living in accommodation without inside toilet 134 12 229 17 93 19 456 16 159 4 Households living in accommodation without central heating 769 70 996 73 376 77 2,141 73 1,853 49