HC Deb 20 April 1978 vol 948 cc358-9W
Mr. Wrigglesworth

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many units and what proportion of the total of private accommodation has been rented by (a) private landlords and (b) housing associations in each of the last 10 years.

Mr. Armstrong

Available estimates of dwelling stock in Great Britain at the end of 1977 indicate that about 3.0 million dwellings representing 14.5 per cent. of the stock were rented from private owners, housing associations and with employment tenure categories. Housing association dwellings account for about 1 per cent. of the stock. Corresponding figures for earlier years appear in Table XI of Housing and Construction Statistics issue 21.