HC Deb 10 June 1980 vol 986 cc157-8W
Mr. D. E. Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what is the total number of leasehold dwellings in England ; and what proportion this represents of the housing stock ;

(2) how many dwellings in England are held on leasehold for 99 years or less ; what proportion of all leasehold properties this represents and where they are mainly concentrated.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

: No specific allocation of resources has been made to local authorities for any of the years referred to for the individual purposes described. Subject to general controls over local authority housing capital expenditure, the amount available for each specific purpose will have been, and will continue to be in the current financial year, for the individual authorities concerned.