§ Mr. Gouldasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will classify the unfit privately-rented dwellings surveyed as part of the 1971 house conditions survey according to their tenure groups and state of fitness or unfitness at the time and that of the 1976 house condition survey.
§ Mr. ArmstrongFollowing is the information based on the results of the 1971 and 1976 house conditions surveys:
The condition and tenure in 1976, of those dwellings that were classified as unfit and in the private rented sector in 1971: England Percentages Demolished 20 Unfit: Private rented 30 Vacant 15 Not Unfit: Private rented 23 Other tenures (details not available) 12